Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as insomnia disorder/depression, finding it to be secondary to sleep troubles caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a competent diagnosis and linked the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms to his service-connected allergic rhinitis, leading to the grant of service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- insomnia disorder/depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099753
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