The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hand tremor is related to an undiagnosed illness and service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found objective indications of a chronic disability (left hand tremor) in the Veteran, which became manifest during his active military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. The tremor was not due to any known clinical diagnosis and cannot be attributed to intercurrent causes.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand tremor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1100506
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for headaches and 10 percent for left and right hand tremors, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims due to missing or unassociated private medical records.
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