The Department of Veterans Affairs Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers

In 2001, the VHA created a national system of comprehensive care centers to serve veteran patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and other movement disorders. Veterans anywhere in the country could be referred to these 6 Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs), which brought together expert multidisciplinary teams to provide a full spectrum of treatment options from pharmacologic therapies to chemodenervation (neurotoxin) treatment to neuromodulation using deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices.