The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for a skin condition, including urticaria and dermatitis with swelling, claimed as due to exposure to herbicides is well grounded. The claim for service connection for hand tremor is also well grounded.
The deciding factor: Competent evidence attributing hand tremors to an anxiety disorder has been presented.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition, urticaria, dermatitis with swelling, essential tremor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0028295
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