The Veteran's symptoms of difficulty sleeping, staying awake, and concentrating are attributed to his service-connected PTSD. Therefore, the claims for these conditions cannot be granted as they do not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms are attributable to his service-connected PTSD, which precludes him from establishing service connection for these chronic disabilities under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2)(ii).
- Claimed conditions
- difficulty sleeping, difficulty staying awake, difficulty concentrating
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1312000
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