The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining service personnel records and determining if the Veteran served in Vietnam or was exposed to herbicides. If confirmed, a VA neurological examination will be scheduled to determine the etiology of the Veteran's tremors.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to confirm the Veteran's service in Vietnam and/or exposure to herbicides, which may affect his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- tremors, sleep problems, claustrophobia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1028033
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tremors to schedule a new VA examination to address all theories of entitlement and current disabilities raised by the record.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for all claims, including service connection and higher rating appeals.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for tremors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tremors as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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