The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a separate and distinct chronic sleep disorder, and his current sleep disturbances are secondary to his service-connected anterior chest wall pain syndrome. The claim for service connection for a chronic sleep disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA physician's opinion concluded that the veteran's sleep disturbances were secondary to his service-connected anterior chest wall pain syndrome, and he did not have a separate and distinct chronic sleep disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0527596
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