The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right-hand tremors as there is no current disability and the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the condition is related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran does not have a separately diagnosed right hand condition, claimed as tremors and hand pain, and it was at least as likely as not that her symptoms are a symptom of her service-connected right upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- right-hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21027774
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