The Board granted an effective date of August 17, 2009, for the initial 50 percent rating of hypersomnolence disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a 50 percent disability rating from August 17, 2009, but no earlier, as it is factually ascertainable that an increase in severity had occurred by that date.
- Claimed conditions
- hypersomnolence disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25053951
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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