The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease, left sided weakness, left wrist rigidity, and spastic gait due to a lack of evidence showing the Veteran has these conditions. The Board also denied service connection as secondary to herbicide exposure because there is no competent evidence of a causal relationship or nexus between active service and the Veteran's claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence does not show that the Veteran has Parkinson's disease, left sided weakness, left wrist rigidity, or spastic gait. The VA clinician explained that these symptoms are due to cervical myelosis secondary to a previous cervical spinal fusion and not exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, left sided weakness, left wrist rigidity, spastic gait, respiratory conditions, to include central sleep apnea with nocturnal hypoxemia, limited memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23000791
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for Parkinson's disease was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's disease, which is presumed to have been incurred in active service due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 25, 2016 for the award of service connection for Parkinson's disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during or is otherwise related to active service.
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