The Board found that the Veteran's right hand disorder (diagnosed as a tremor) is not related to service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find any in-service trauma or injury consistent with the current diagnosis of a task-specific tremor, which was diagnosed at the time of the examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hand Tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1424904
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that her symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, left hand tremor, and right hand tremor as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions or a link to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Denied
The Veteran's right hand disability, including carpal tunnel syndrome and median neuropathy at the wrist, is not related to his active duty service or a service-connected condition. The Board denied both direct service connection and secondary service connection for these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hand tremor is service-connected and he meets the criteria for a TDIU as of March 1, 2012.
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