The Veteran's chronic insomnia is currently rated at 30 percent, the minimum rating available under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners and treating providers have found that the Veteran's symptoms are consistent with a 30 percent disability rating based on occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks, which is the severity level associated with this rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2018
- Citation
- 1810526
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