The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD, and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for insomnia disorder with anxious distress.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran had a current hearing loss disability during the appeal period or that his GERD symptoms were productive of considerable impairment of health. For the insomnia disorder, the symptoms more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as flattened affect, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances; more severe occupational and social impairment was not shown.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hearing loss disability, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Insomnia disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033475
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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