The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed tremors, and a new examination is needed.
The deciding factor: The VA did not provide an adequate examination in connection with the Veteran's claim for service connection of tremors, anxiety, and crying spells.
- Claimed conditions
- tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801144
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tremors to schedule a new VA examination to address all theories of entitlement and current disabilities raised by the record.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for tremors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tremors as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lung cancer and the cause of death due to lung cancer, but remanded claims for normal pressure hydrocephalus and tremors.
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