The Veteran's primary insomnia has been granted service connection and assigned a 10 percent initial rating, which is the minimum compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's insomnia results in occupational and social impairment due to mild transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform tasks only during periods of significant stress. The current evaluation adequately reflects this level of disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Primary Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1645862
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted a disability rating of 50 percent for primary insomnia and mood disorder with depressive feature, effective from July 30, 2019.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's primary insomnia is currently rated at 10 percent, and the Board has decided to remand the case for a new examination to assess the current severity of his condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD has resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70% disability rating. The case is remanded to determine the nature of the Veteran's insomnia and whether it should be considered a separate disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD, finding that no claim was reasonably raised prior to March 18, 2016.
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