The Board denied service connection for tremors of the right and left hands, finding no current diagnosis.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for basal cell carcinoma was remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of tremors or basal cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Tremors of the right hand, Tremors of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19127683
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (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).
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, tremors of the left hand, and tremors of the right hand as there was no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.
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