The Veteran's appeal for service connection for malaria and heat stroke, as well as the issues of an earlier effective date for anxiety disorder and initial higher ratings for PTSD prior to October 13, 2016, have been dismissed.,Service connection for a sleep disturbance disorder has been denied.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected PTSD already encompasses his symptoms of chronic sleep impairment, thus precluding the need for separate rating for a sleep disturbance disorder.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Malaria","status":"dismissed"}, {"condition_name":"Heat Stroke","status":"dismissed"}, {"condition_name":"Anxiety Disorder","status":"effective date earlier than February 20, 2013, dismissed"}, {"condition_name":"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)","issues":[{"issue_name":"Initial higher rating in excess of 50 percent prior to October 13, 2016","status":"dismissed"},{"issue_name":"Higher rating in excess of 70 percent from October 13, 2016 onwards","status":"dismissed"}]}, {"condition_name":"Sleep Disturbance Disorder","status":"denied"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 3, 2020

Citation

20000411