The veteran's hand and head tremors are attributable to his service-connected post-operative back condition, which is granted as secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner linked the veteran's current tremors to his service-connected back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hand tremors, head tremors
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0739491
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What this means for you
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