The Veteran's bilateral hand essential tremors with movement disorder is rated as a mild convulsive tic, not warranting a higher rating.,Service connection for unspecified adjustment disorder with anxiety disorder is granted due to its being proximately due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The non-VA opinion supported by adequate rationale found the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with anxiety) related to his service-connected disabilities, leading to a grant of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hand essential tremors with movement disorder, Unspecified adjustment disorder with anxiety disorder, Right knee pain, limitation of motion, and crepitus, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2026
- Citation
- A26007837
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