The Board granted service connection for Parkinsonism, presumptively due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's active military service in the Republic of Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran had a current disability of Parkinsonism that is presumptively linked to such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinsonism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033693
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all appeals, including those for service connection and higher ratings for various conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected Parkinsonism, upper and lower extremity disorders associated with Parkinsonism, and PTSD with unspecified neurocognitive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a neurological disorder, to include progressive aphasia, Parkinsonism, and Alzheimer's disease, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicides in service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by essential tremors to include Parkinsonism, as there was no evidence of an in-service manifestation and the earliest indication of symptoms was more than 45 years after separation from service.
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