The Board found that the Veteran's essential tremor of the bilateral hands was not caused by exposure to an herbicide agent such as Agent Orange and is not otherwise related to any incident of service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner stated that the cause of essential tremors is unknown, except that in some cases they are familial. The Veteran's hand tremor appeared familial because his son also had a similar though milder tremor.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand essential tremors
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1536141
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