The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hand tremors are due to his service-connected PTSD, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's right hand tremors were caused by his service-connected PTSD, and therefore secondary service connection is granted.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand tremors, essential tremors, resting tremors
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22043265
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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