The Veteran's movement disorder with essential tremors is related to his military service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions were inadequate, but a private examiner (Dr. D.M.) linked hearing loss to essential tremors, which was also service-connected, supporting the claim of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Movement disorder with essential tremors, Essential tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26039004
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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