The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for PTSD with alcohol abuse and service connection for essential tremors to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an inadequate medical examination regarding the severity of PTSD with alcohol abuse and no medical opinion on the etiology of essential tremors related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Essential tremors, PTSD with alcohol abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25057842
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Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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