The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a sleep disability, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to service or any service-connected disabilities. The Board also denied an extension of the temporary total rating for convalescence following right elbow surgery.,The decision did not address exposure basis, presumption, secondary service connection, or reopening of claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the sleep disability was related to service or any service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's right elbow disability had resolved sufficiently by January 1, 2018, for the temporary total rating to be discontinued.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disability, right elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20047706
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