The Veteran's lung disorder due to asbestos exposure is granted, but his insomnia disorder with difficulty maintaining sleep and unspecified neurocognitive disorder are denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran’s insomnia is at least as likely as not temporally related to radiation and chemotherapy for small cell lung carcinoma, which he does not have service connection for.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disorder due to asbestos exposure, insomnia disorder with difficulty maintaining sleep, muscle disability or disease, unspecified neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181306
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