The Board denied service connection for shaking hands and tremors, as well as other conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a link to active duty or an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current symptoms were not shown during his military service and there was no medical evidence linking them to his Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- shaking hands, tremors, dysthymia and major depression with panic attacks and anxiety, migraines and stress headaches, chronic fatigue, hearing loss and tinnitus, memory loss, heart palpitations, anxiety attacks, insomnia, and weight loss, constipation and diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0504033
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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