The Veteran currently suffers from hypersomnia and there is a reasonable basis for attributing such disability to his active military service. The Board finds that the medical evidence of record supports a conclusion that service connection for hypersomnia is warranted.
The deciding factor: The STRs document the Veteran's service in areas where viral-based illness could be expected, and several physicians provided diagnoses or opinions linking the Veteran's hypersomnia to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypersomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1000654
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypersomnia, hypothyroidism, irritable bowel syndrome, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining any outstanding private treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypersomnia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected TBI and denied an increased rating for migraine headaches, a compensable rating for TBI, and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 30, 2007, for the award of service connection for hypersomnia based on clear and unmistakable error in a prior rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypersomnia due to an inadequate VA examination.
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