The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation are being remanded due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to gather additional medical evidence from the Veteran’s SSA and VA healthcare providers.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the left hand, tremors of the right upper extremity, tremors of the left lower extremity, tremors of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104289
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 24, 2011, for the award of service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, and tremors of both upper extremities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, tremors of the right upper extremity, tremors of the left lower extremity, and thyroglossal cyst is being remanded due to insufficient development.,Service connection will not be granted as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure in the Veteran's claimed locations.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tremors of the right and left upper extremities, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not due to in-service exposure to hazardous chemicals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded both issues regarding service connection for tremors of the right and left upper extremities due to a lack of an opinion on the etiology of the claimed conditions.
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