The Board granted an effective date of December 8, 2020, for the grant of service connection for other specified insomnia disorder and an initial 50 percent rating from that date for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence reasonably raised entitlement to service connection for a mental health condition secondary to service-connected lumbar spine disorder with right SI dysfunction, painful right hip scars, and right achilles disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified insomnia disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder (to include insomnia disorder and other specified depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072170
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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