The Board found that the Veteran's benign essential tremor, bilateral upper extremities, did not manifest during service or within one year after discharge and is not otherwise causally related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There was no credible evidence of an injury or disease occurring in service or a continuity of symptomatology post-service that could be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- benign essential tremor, bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2013
- Citation
- 1315490
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