The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for an increased disability rating for primary insomnia, and the Board has dismissed the claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his active increased rating claim for primary insomnia before the decision was finalized.
- Claimed conditions
- Primary insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2024
- Citation
- A24062822
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 699 · Granted: 12% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has withdrawn the appeals for primary insomnia and tension headaches. The case is REMANDED to obtain additional medical records, conduct a new VA examination for sinusitis, and determine the nature and etiology of the appellant's bilateral leg pain.
- Granted
The Board has granted a noncompensable disability rating for primary insomnia, finding that it is directly related to service and overlapping with the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
- Granted
The Veteran's primary insomnia is granted a 30 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision. Service connection for fatty liver disease with thrombocytopenia is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a supplemental VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's previously diagnosed psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, primary insomnia, dysthymic disorder, and PTSD.
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