The Board granted service connection for PTSD with insomnia, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his diagnosed condition is related to in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a positive nexus opinion linking the Veteran's current symptoms to his in-service stressors, and Captain M.T., a licensed professional counselor, corroborated these events.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029902
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (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 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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for headaches as secondary to PTSD with insomnia, finding that the Veteran's statements describing his symptoms are credible and resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with insomnia was dismissed due to a procedural defect.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD with insomnia and headaches as there was no evidence of a current disability at the time of the claim or during its pendency.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD with insomnia was granted a 70 percent rating effective October 15, 2021, while the claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied.
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