The Board has determined that the August 2013 rating decision denying service connection for insomnia was clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and it is revised to grant service connection for insomnia effective December 13, 2012.
The deciding factor: The evidence at the time of the August 2013 rating decision was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's currently diagnosed insomnia had onset during service. The RO should have resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and assigned probative weight to the May 2013 positive VA nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- A19000839
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for insomnia, fatigue, gallstones, varicose veins, anemia, colitis, and PTSD due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied service connection for PTSD and a higher rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder/major depressive disorder/insomnia.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a separate 50 percent initial rating for insomnia as secondary to tinnitus, and denied an increased rating for tinnitus. The Board also granted service connection for headache disability, low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, cervical spine disability, and right upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for insomnia, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and polycythemia vera were dismissed due to procedural issues. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.
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