The Board has granted service connection for a cervical disorder and secondary service connection for left-hand tremors, finding that the Veteran's preexisting conditions were aggravated by his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's left hand tremors are likely due to his service-connected cervical disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical disorder, Left-hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22030359
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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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