The Board found that the veteran's sleep disturbance was not due to an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, and instead attributed it to his psychiatric disorders. Therefore, the claim for service connection based on an undiagnosed illness is denied. The direct service connection claim also failed as there were no complaints, treatment, abnormalities, or diagnosis of sleep disturbance during service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's sleep disturbance was not due to an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness such as chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia. It was attributed to his psychiatric disorders instead.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disturbance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0806169
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