The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current organic disability involving the right upper extremity, and thus cannot establish service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing an in-service injury or disease resulting in a current right hand tremor, and any post-service diagnosis of a right hand tremor is attributed to stress rather than service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hand tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0822159
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right and left hand tremors were rated as noncompensable prior to June 16, 2017. As of June 16, 2017, the Veteran was granted a 10 percent rating for his hand tremors.
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