The Board granted service connection for tremor, finding that it is at least as likely as not causally related to toxic exposure risk activity during the Veteran's service.
The deciding factor: The favorable medical opinion from a board-certified neurologist and scientific evidence supporting the impact of PCBs on neurological health provided sufficient basis for the Board's decision.
- Claimed conditions
- tremor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25008541
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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