Primary Insomnia Va Disability

For example if a veteran is service connected for insomnia and then develops depression related to their lack of sleep they may be eligible for va disability benefits for depression.

Primary insomnia va disability. How va rates insomnia. Chronic pain from other disabilities. 93 6 of veterans were rated between 0 and 10. The ro issued the may rating decision currently on appeal and awarded the veteran a 30 percent disability rating for primary insomnia under diagnostic.

Insomnia is normally attributed to a much larger issue that needs to be addressed. Could this be granted under the gulf war undiagnosed illness rules. Primary insomnia is insomnia for which there is no known cause. If the dsm iv criteria for insomnia as an independent diagnosis are met either as primary insomnia or related to another mental disorder the examiner should state whether it is at least as likely as not that the independent insomnia disorder had its onset during his active service or is secondary to service connected major depression with anxiety.

In cases where the veteran is not already service connected for a mental health condition for example chronic pain cases where the insomnia is caused by chronic pain then in those cases if the va awards service connection for insomnia the disability rating that is assigned for insomnia would be based on the schedule of ratings for mental disorders and the veteran would also be eligible to have a separate rating for the chronic pain condition itself. If you are scheduled a rating for insomnia it is rated at the same criteria as other mental disorders 0 10 30 50 70 100. In other words it is a disability in and of itself in that there is some kind of dysfunction in the brain that isn t allowing the body to sleep. It is commonly associated with other conditions like stress or anxiety.

Va will typically rate insomnia according to the schedule of ratings for mental disorders 38 cfr 4 130. The va looks at insomnia as a mental health condition. Va disability for insomnia insomnia is a chronic sleep disorder that involves an inability to fall asleep and or difficulty staying asleep throughout the night. Understanding the potential causes of insomnia can be essential to your va disability claim.

According to the 2018 2019 disability claims data tinnitus was the most commonly claimed disability for all veterans with 157 152 compensation recipients. This is a disability for which service connection can be granted. Tinnitus can only have one va rating. It is either 10 or nothing.

Va disability rating for primary insomnia during the appeal a july rating decision granted an increased 10 percent disability evaluation for the veteran s primary insomnia also effective october. While the central cause of insomnia is not always clear some of the most common causes include. There is no lower va rating and there is no higher va rating.