GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 16, 2021, for service connection for Parkinson's disease and related tremors disabilities.
The deciding factor: The October 2022 VA examiner's opinion created a basis for the grant of service connection outside of the presumptive basis provided by the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, Left upper extremity tremors disability, Right lower extremity tremors disability, Left lower extremity tremors disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015866
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