The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 27, 2022 for the award of a 30 percent rating for service-connected insomnia disorder to include depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated the symptoms associated with a higher 30 percent rating during the period prior to August 10, 2023, resulting in a level of impairment that most closely approximated the level of impairment associated with a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia disorder, Depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036872
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 Veteran's claims for additional VA examinations to properly evaluate the current severity of her disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's depressive disorder was granted a 70 percent disability rating from April 27, 2020 to August 15, 2022, and a TDIU was also granted.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 9, 2024, for the assignment of a 70 percent evaluation for insomnia disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as the evidence did not support a finding that his current mental health conditions were related to his active duty service.
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