The Board denied service connection for chronic sleep disorder, chronic muscle spasm disorder, and chronic tremor disorder as there is no evidence of current disabilities or objective indications thereof.
The deciding factor: There are no current symptoms, treatment, or diagnosis for the claimed conditions in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sleep disorder, chronic muscle spasm disorder, chronic tremor disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19180955
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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