The Veteran's claim for service connection for left hand tremors is granted with an effective date of September 30, 2022.
The deciding factor: The claim was filed within a year of the PACT Act and thus the earliest effective date is one year prior to the date of the claim (September 30, 2022).
- Claimed conditions
- tremors, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24074532
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions effective April 16, 2007, but no earlier, and denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for constipation. SMC based on the need for aid and attendance was granted from August 30, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for psoriatic arthritis and remanded the claims for tremors of all extremities, including as secondary to PTSD, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.
- Dismissed
The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is dismissed as moot because the Veteran has been granted 100 percent ratings for coronary artery disease and posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tremors in the left and right upper and lower extremities are remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board will consider whether these conditions are related to service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
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