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Philip I do not have an answer to your question, but I also am claiming against the V.A. I just retired from the Navy last October, and I'm interested in if the V.A. will consider Parkinsons as being service related. Brian Carlson On Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:52:30 -0400 Russell Ahlstrom <[log in to unmask]> writes: >At 01:21 AM 6/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >> Does anyone know of any tie-up/connection between adrenalin >and >>Parkinsons. The reason for my query is that I am claiming (or >attempting to) >>against our Veterans affairs department, that the cause of my >parkinsons is >>Service related. I am getting nowhere . I flew in 6 formation >aerobatic >>teams during my service career and there was certainly a lot of >adrenalin >>pumping through me . I seem to recall a tie up between adrenalin in >the >>brain and quite a few other drugs including dopamine. Can anyone >help? It >>would be best if, in view of the difficulty I am going to have >convincing >>them, if the responder to this request can quote some authorotative >document >>or publication >>Best wishes from Philip Dunn >> > > > >............................................................................... > >Philip, > Saw your post and thought you might be interested in my case. I have >Parkinson's and Iam service connected for it. Iam 52 years old and my >Parkinson's dates back some 30 years.(diagnosed at age 21) I was >diagnosed >in 1967 but we don't really know the cause. As far as adrenalin I >couldn't >say but you are in for a tough fight in establishing your claim. If >you have >any questions of me, I would be more than happy to try to answer them. > I'm >sorry I can't be of more help to your specific question. > >Best Regards, > >Russell Ahlstrom [log in to unmask] >52/31 >