The Board found that the veteran's current bilateral hand tremor is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current bilateral hand tremor to his military service, including any inservice incident or exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621192
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