The Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder is rated at 30 percent, but no higher, from March 23, 2022, to present. The Veteran is also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record supports the assignment of a 30 percent rating for insomnia disorder and a TDIU as the Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantial, gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia Disorder, Left Hip Strain (thigh, limitation of extension), Left Hip Strain (thigh, impairment of), Left Hip Strain (limitation of flexion), Right Hip Strain (thigh, limitation of extension), Meniscal Tear, Right Knee, Lumbar Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034753
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and insomnia disorder, due to unverified stressors and the need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 1, 2019, and an effective date of the same for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD and granted service connection for tinnitus, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, pain dysfunction in the right shoulder, and hypertension.
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