The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic bronchitis, migraines as secondary to sinusitis, and insomnia have been granted. The claim for insomnia is remanded due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The decision grants the Veteran's claims based on new evidence that reopened his previously denied claims for chronic bronchitis and migraines as secondary to sinusitis. The claim for insomnia was not addressed in the original decision, leading to a remand.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bronchitis, migraines, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2022
- Citation
- A22021166
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