The Board has remanded the case due to a need for clarification regarding whether the Veteran's hand tremors are caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with residuals of TBI.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s essential tremor symptoms were not consistent with a focal peripheral nerve lesion, but more likely related to his history of TBI. The Board requires clarification on whether this is also true for hand tremors.
- Claimed conditions
- hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21001169
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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.
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