The Veteran's Parkinson’s Disease and acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD) are granted service connection due to exposure to Agent Orange during his military service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted based on the presumption of exposure to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange, for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam during specified time periods. The Veteran's Parkinson’s Disease and acquired psychiatric disorder are linked through medical evidence indicating they share a common disease process.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s Disease, an unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20075563
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found errors in the AOJ's notice and requires a remand to provide the Veteran with a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ on his claims for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are not granted due to lack of evidence supporting a relationship between his current conditions and military service. The case is being remanded for further evaluation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he requested to withdraw all issues in the docket.
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