The Board has granted service connection for bilateral restless leg syndrome as a qualifying chronic disability of a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, due to active military service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral restless leg syndrome was rated by analogy under Diagnostic Code 8103 for convulsive tics and found to be manifested by moderate convulsive tics or symptomology.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral restless leg syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24083018
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, equilibrium disorder (claimed as bad balance and equilibrium), bilateral restless leg syndrome, bilateral upper extremity tremor, melanoma, and acquired psychiatric disability due to a lack of adequate medical opinions regarding exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and Agent Orange in Japan.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral restless leg syndrome, bilateral tremors of the hands, chronic headaches, facial dermatosis, erectile dysfunction (loss of use of a creative organ due to varicocele), and varicocele. The Veteran's symptoms have been observed since his time in service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to allow for a full review of the Veteran's claims, including his October 2023 claim for service connection for depression and anxiety, as well as his claims for increased disability ratings. The cause of death claim will also be reconsidered.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for dysmenorrhea, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and irritable bowel syndrome are granted. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, dermatosis of the arms, and bilateral restless leg syndrome are denied.
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