The Board has denied service connection for chronic back and sleep disorders, as well as an increased rating for the residuals of a fracture of the left distal fibula. The veteran's claimed conditions are not shown to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of chronic back or sleep disorders during service or at any time thereafter, and there is insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's service-connected fracture of the left distal fibula.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Back Disorder, Chronic Sleep Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0530799
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