The Board has determined that the Veteran's Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) did not manifest in service, is not otherwise related to service, and is not caused or aggravated by any service-connected disability. Therefore, the claim for service connection for PLMD is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a chronic disease within one year of separation from service, and there is insufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities (OSA and diabetes) and his PLMD.
- Claimed conditions
- Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1755617
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