The Board granted service connection for right upper extremity essential tremors as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The other claims were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a positive nexus opinion linking the Veteran's right upper extremity essential tremors to his service-connected PTSD, while the intentional and peripheral neuropathy claims were remanded due to potential secondary causation from the essential tremors.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity essential tremors, right upper extremity intentional tremors, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030331
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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