Parkinson's disease decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran is seeking service connection for respiratory and neurological disabilities, with the latter potentially secondary to his service-connected mental disorder.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease and/or Parkinsonism as due to herbicide exposure, as well as the rating of peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes mellitus. The Veteran is also required to undergo another VA examination by a neurologist specializing in Parkinson's and/or movement disorders.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran is seeking service connection for respiratory and neurological disabilities, with the latter potentially secondary to his service-connected mental disorder.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Parkinson's disease is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, parkinsonism/Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism/Parkinson's disease dementia (claimed as dementia), hypothyroidism, and hypertension.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of February 13, 2013, for service connection for various conditions related to Parkinson's disease but denied an earlier effective date for loss of use of feet.

The Veteran is seeking an increased rating for his service-connected Parkinson's disease. The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete consideration of the Veteran's symptomology and need for further medical guidance.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates are being remanded due to the need for further development.,No specific effective date is assigned as all issues have been remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for hypertension, hypothyroidism, and parkinsonism due to exposure to toxic substances during active duty. The Veteran participated in a TERA (toxic exposure risk activity) during his service, which may be associated with these conditions.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The RO continued the existing ratings for Parkinson's disease and related conditions, including right upper extremity tremors, left lower extremity tremors, right lower extremity tremors, aphonia, dysphagia, and constipation.

The Veteran's Parkinson's disease was granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to presumed herbicide agent exposure during his active duty service.,The issue of service connection for prostate hypertrophy is remanded as the VA has not yet obtained a medical opinion regarding its relationship to the Veteran's in-service toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).

The Veteran's Parkinsonism disability is rated at 30 percent, but the Board has determined that a remand is needed to identify his ascertainable residuals and determine if they can be rated under separate diagnostic codes.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for ischemic heart disease was granted on a presumptive basis due to herbicide exposure, effective January 29, 2015. The TDIU claim was also granted as of the same date.,An earlier effective date is denied because the evidence does not show that the Veteran met all eligibility criteria for the liberalized benefit prior to the effective date of the law or VA issue.

The Veteran's Parkinson's disease and ischemic heart disease claims have been remanded for further evaluation. The Veteran also has other service-connected conditions that require separate ratings.