The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral leg disability (restless leg syndrome) and denied service connection for gout. The Veteran's restless leg syndrome is found to have manifested in service, while his gout is not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the Veteran’s restless leg syndrome as it is presumed to have been incurred due to time served in the military. Gout was denied as there is no evidence of its onset during service and the medical opinions did not support a causal relationship with service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disability (restless leg syndrome), gout
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20028956
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