The Board denied a higher disability rating for PTSD, denied service connection for insomnia, granted service connection for heart conditions secondary to PTSD, and remanded claims for OSA and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of total occupational and social impairment for PTSD or a diagnosis of insomnia. However, the evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's heart conditions were caused by his PTSD, leading to a grant of service connection on that basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Insomnia, Left bundle branch block with congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, and residuals of an automatic implantable defibrillator (heart conditions), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054185
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (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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