The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified tremors as due to toxic chemical exposure, including a request for an examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation to determine if the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his military service and specific exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified tremors, unspecified nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19135351
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (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: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims of service connection for prostate cancer and unspecified tremors as they are no longer before the Board due to a previous final decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for unspecified tremors as due to toxic chemicals is granted. However, the claim for prostate cancer due to exposure to chemicals, to include HAZMAT, JP5, and TCE/ PCE, is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for prostate cancer and unspecified tremors due to toxic chemicals, as they are related to service exposure. The claims will be reviewed with consideration of additional evidence since the last SOC.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for unspecified tremors and headaches, finding that there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions.
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