The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD and major depressive disorder, service connection for sleep apnea, and service connection for headache disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, which aligns with a 70 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The evidence supports service connection based on onset during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD and major depressive disorder, sleep apnea (also claimed as sleep disorder), headache disorder (including migraines and tension headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25041114
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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