The Veteran's claim for service connection for a sleep disability is denied as there is no evidence of a chronic sleep disability during his military service and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that he currently has a sleep disability related to his service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was found not credible and did not provide sufficient details about when and where his sleep problems began, making it impossible to establish a nexus between his current sleep disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166826
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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