The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a sleep-related disability, finding that his sleep symptoms are part of his already service-connected depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA examiner attributed the Veteran's sleep symptoms to his service-connected depressive disorder, and there is no contrary opinion of record.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep-related disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25025087
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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