The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. Service connection was not granted due to lack of a diagnosed condition, while the increased rating claim was denied as there is no evidence supporting an increase in disability beyond what is already accounted for by the current 10% rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms are attributable to his service-connected sleep apnea and not to restless leg syndrome or periodic limb movement disorder, which precludes granting service connection. The increased rating claim was denied as there is no evidence supporting an increase in disability beyond what is already accounted for by the current 10% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Restless leg syndrome, Periodic limb movement disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20064574
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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