The Veteran's appeals for service connection for a sleep disability and disability of both hands and all fingers have been withdrawn. The Board also denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and hearing loss, finding that these conditions did not manifest during service or within one year after separation from active duty, and are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation of the claimed disabilities, as there is no medical history or examination report indicating hearing loss or tinnitus during service. The Veteran's current conditions are more likely due to post-service occupational noise exposure than to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disorder, Disability of both hands and all fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1004836
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What this means for you
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