Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for insomnia/sleep disturbances and adjustment disorder, both claimed as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, due to an inadequate VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The existing VA opinion is found inadequate because it applied a higher evidentiary standard than required and did not address the aggravation prong of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia/sleep disturbances, Adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxious mood (adjustment disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019757
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