The Veteran's claim for service connection for tremors of the arms and hands has been reopened due to new evidence. The claims for traumatic brain injury, acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), and alcohol use disorder are all remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial includes VA treatment records indicating a possible diagnosis of Parkinson's disease related to Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tremors of the arms and hands, Traumatic brain injury (including headaches and memory loss), Acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, Alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080144
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 service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 29, 2019 for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.
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