The Board granted service connection for a sleep disorder that manifests as persistent daytime hypersomnolence, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record is at least in relative equipoise on the question of whether there is a current sleep disorder that manifests as persistent daytime hypersomnolence and first manifested during service following a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Claimed conditions
- persistent daytime hypersomnolence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103679
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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