The Board has granted service connection for restless legs syndrome, finding that the Veteran's in-service exposure to an herbicide agent is at least as likely as not a factor in developing this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's in-service exposure to an herbicide agent and his current diagnosis of restless legs syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- restless legs syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2023
- Citation
- 23024031
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's restless legs syndrome is caused by his service-connected PTSD with panic disorder, degenerative arthritis, lumbosacral spine (previously rated as low back strain), and right lower extremity radiculopathy with orchialgia.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding various service connection claims and rating determinations due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to missing service medical and personnel records, particularly those related to periods of Active Duty for Training (ACDUTRA) and Inactive Duty for Training (INACDUTRA).
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral shin splints but denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic sinusitis, coronary heart disease, tremors of the hands, restless legs syndrome, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, and hypertension.
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