The Board denied service connection for the veteran's bilateral upper and lower extremity essential tremors, finding that the evidence did not support a link to active service.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the objective medical evidence outweighed the Veteran's lay contentions that his disabilities are related to service.

Claimed conditions

right upper extremity essential tremors, right lower extremity essential tremors, left upper extremity essential tremors, left lower extremity essential tremors

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

Agent Orange / herbicides

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 31, 2025

Citation

25001510

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