The Board finds that additional development is necessary before a decision can be rendered with respect to the Veteran's claim for entitlement to service connection for benign essential tremors.
The deciding factor: A new VA examination is needed so that a competent medical professional can opine as to the relationship between the Veteran's current benign essential tremors and any incident of active duty service, including exposure to in-service shelling concussions.
- Claimed conditions
- benign essential tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0908467
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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