Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a sleep disorder, headaches, and hypertension as additional development is required to clarify whether the Veteran's claimed insomnia can be characterized as a separate disability for VA compensation purposes and, if so, whether it is due to his active service or caused/aggravated by another service-connected disability, including service-connected tinnitus. The Board also remands the claims for service connection for headaches and hypertension as they are inextricably intertwined with the issue of service connection for insomnia.
The deciding factor: The AOJ erred in rendering the November 2023 rating decision without additional information regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions, necessitating a remand for addendum medical opinions to clarify their relationship to his active service and any other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disorder (claimed as insomnia), headaches, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090371
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