The Board granted an effective date of March 30, 2022, for service connection for insomnia and July 15, 2022, for service connection for depressive disorder. A rating of 70 percent was also granted for the combined condition of depressive disorder with insomnia.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms of insomnia and depressive disorder were directly related to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- insomnia, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25033772
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for insomnia as the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of chronic insomnia independent of her service-connected major depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted restoration of service connection for insomnia, finding that the severance was improper.
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