The Board has denied service connection for sleep disturbances as they are not separate from the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with insomnia disorder. The Veteran's meralgia paresthetica of the left lower extremity remains at a 10% evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of a current disability of sleep disturbances distinct from the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with insomnia disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disturbances, PTSD with Insomnia Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2026
- Citation
- A26000785
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- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD, alcohol abuse, and sleep disturbances were reduced from a 70 percent rating to a 50 percent rating effective September 1, 2020. The Board found that the evidence did not show an improvement in his ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work or in the overall frequency and severity of his symptomatology.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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