The Veteran's hand tremors are found to be proximately due to or the result of his service-connected residuals of a traumatic brain injury. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence supports granting service connection for hand tremors.
The deciding factor: Hand tremors were found to be aggravated by lithium, which was prescribed for treatment of organic personality and mood disorder resulting from the Veteran's in-service TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- Hand tremors, Bilateral hip disability, Bilateral foot numbness, Low back disability with right leg radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1114007
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral hip disability, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right ankle, bilateral hip, and right knee disabilities as secondary to the service-connected left ankle strain.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hand tremors and insomnia, but denied service connection for muscle pain disorder, joint pain disorder, right lower extremity neurological disorder, left lower extremity neurological disorder, chronic fatigue disorder, digestive disorder, and syncope.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the June 2025 AOJ decision regarding entitlement to service connection for disabilities caused by thyroid is dismissed. The AOJ's denial of other claims (bilateral knee, shoulder, hip, neuropathy, and stomach ulcer) is remanded.
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