The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for narcolepsy/fatigue and nerve damage, right elbow (secondary to service-connected residuals, right elbow fracture), but denied the claim for service connection for unexplained nerve loss and numbness of the hands, arms, legs, and feet (to include current claim of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome).

The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the May 2005 Board decision did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for narcolepsy/fatigue or nerve damage, right elbow. The evidence related to the claim for unexplained nerve loss and numbness of the hands, arms, legs, and feet (to include current claim of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome) was either cumulative or redundant.

Claimed conditions

narcolepsy/fatigue, nerve damage, right elbow (secondary to service-connected residuals, right elbow fracture), unexplained nerve loss and numbness of the hands, arms, legs, and feet (to include current claim of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome)

How they argued it

Reopened with new and material evidence

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

September 1, 2010

Citation

1032879

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