The Board granted service connection for a disorder manifested by a left hand tremor, diagnosed as fine resting tremor, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and other unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder (previously anxiety disorder NOS).
The deciding factor: The evidence supports an association between the Veteran's left hand tremor and medication used to treat his psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand tremor
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22001869
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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