The Veteran's hand tremors are caused by the medications used to treat his service-connected disabilities, and he is unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to these conditions.
The deciding factor: Service connection for hand tremors granted as it is secondary to medications for his service-connected disabilities. TDIU granted based on combined schedular rating of 80% with multiple service-connected disabilities rendering him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Hand Tremors
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2018
- Citation
- 1812346
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What this means for you
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