The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left and right hand tremors due to incomplete development of his records from Tarrant Neurology Consultants.
The deciding factor: VA was unable to obtain relevant private medical records from Tarrant Neurology Consultants, which are necessary for proper adjudication of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand tremor, right hand tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183251
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims due to missing or unassociated private medical records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the left hand tremor from June 19, 2014 and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the right hand tremor for the entire appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, restless leg syndrome, and left hand tremor as further development is needed to obtain an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep disturbances as part of the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and denied service connection for a respiratory disability, sleep apnea, right hand tremor, and right wrist strain.
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