The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia, finding that her symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms were found to be more closely aligned with those associated with a 50 percent rating rather than a 70 percent or greater rating.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095429
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for failure to timely file a notice of disagreement within one year of the rating decisions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia and dismissed the appeals for migraine and eye disorder, to include chronic conjunctivitis (conjunctivochalasis).
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a nasal disability, including allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. An increased rating of 70 percent was granted for PTSD with insomnia.
- Granted
Service connection for tinnitus is granted, and an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with insomnia is also granted.,The Veteran's PTSD with insomnia results in significant impairment that affects most areas, including work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
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