Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for Parkinsonism due to herbicide agent exposure and remanded the claims for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and myelodysplastic syndrome.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam, as Parkinsonism is a presumptive condition under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinsonism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012154
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