The Board has granted service connection for insomnia and denied service connection for heart murmur. Service connection is granted for insomnia as it was incurred during service, with the Veteran's current condition being related to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a positive medical opinion that the Veteran’s current insomnia disability was proximately due to and aggravated by his service-connected recurrent major depressive disorder and medications for his service-connected lumbar strain, hypertension, and major depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- insomnia, heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19188208
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What this means for you
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