Parkinson's disease decisions — 2020

The Board has determined that there is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remands the issue. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for erectile dysfunction, Parkinson's disease, and prostate cancer are also remanded.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran died from a gunshot wound to the chest, with significant contributing conditions of Parkinson's disease and dementia. The Board found that his death was not caused by any service-connected disability.

The Veteran's Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's disease are not etiologically related to service. The Board denied both the claim for service connection and the claim for SMC based on aid and attendance/housebound.

The Board denied additional attorney fees based on past-due benefits from a March 2019 rating decision and a February 2020 retroactive compensation adjustment, as the appellant did not appeal the initial fee decision.

The Veteran's Parkinson's disease, a service-connected condition, necessitated the need for regular aid and attendance of another person. The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise on whether he required such assistance due to his disability.

The Board has vacated its August 2020 remand decision and dismissed the issue of service connection for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome as there was no case or controversy requiring adjudication.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's sleep apnea and his service-connected Parkinson’s disease. The Veteran must be provided with another VA examination to address this issue.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for Parkinson's disease was granted with an effective date of December 17, 2017.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and Parkinson's disease due to exposure to Agent Orange while the Veteran was on temporary duty (TDY) orders in Korea from March to June 1970.

The Veteran's Parkinson's disease was not present in service or shown to be causally related to any injury, disease, or exposure during service. As the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam and there is no evidence of herbicide exposure, his claim for service connection based on herbicide exposure is denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for an earlier effective date for DIC benefits and entitlement to accrued benefits, finding that there was no evidence of a formal or informal claim within one year following the Veteran's death.

The Board has granted the Veteran's service connection claim for Parkinson's disease as secondary to herbicide exposure, finding that his active duty service aboard ships in Vietnam qualifies him for presumptive service connection.

The Board denied service connection for upper extremities tremulous disorder and lower extremities neurological disorders due to presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The evidence did not support the presence of these conditions during or after service.

The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty regarding the appellant's period of residence at Camp Lejeune and her reported miscarriage in 1967. The VA will need to verify these details before a decision can be made.