The Board found that the Veteran's tremors did not manifest during service and are not related to any in-service event or condition, including presumed exposure to herbicides. The preponderance of evidence is against a finding of service connection for tremors.
The deciding factor: Tremors were first manifested many years after separation from service and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a relationship between the Veteran's current tremors and his military service, including presumed exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1614581
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