The Veteran is granted an initial rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified sleep disorder and insomnia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas throughout the rating period on review, warranting a 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified sleep disorder and insomnia, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047151
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
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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