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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104289
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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