There’s no treatment that restores function, but there are numerous treatments that slow or even stop disease progression with MS, which are much better than what was an available 15-20 years ago. A diagnosis at least gives hope of some ability to mitigate worsening symptoms.

There is no treatment for any neurodegenerative disease

I don't know how technically specific you're trying to be here, but there are definitely treatments for some diseases that have major neurodegenerative effects, such as pernicious anemia.

For that one, the treatment is amazingly cheap (B12 injections), but most US doctors are decades behind in understanding and applying it.

There is no funding in the US for any neurodegenerative disease as of 2025.

Except Donald Trump, who has leeched federal funding to advertise himself.

• Patient diagnosed ~5 years ago.
• Disease presents similarly to several neurological disorders and has a known misdiagnosis rate between 5 and 20 percent (15% for the study mentioned in the article).
• Disease has seen developments in imaging and interpretation since original diagnosis.
• Prominent person announces they were misdiagnosed, but the symptoms persist.

It does if you read the article.

Also a blank for me, oh well.