VA's New Insomnia Rules: What You MUST Know!

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Welcome back to CivDiv! 🎖️ Today, we're diving deep into the VA's new insomnia rules and what YOU must know to navigate your disability claims successfully. This video is packed with essential information about the latest changes affecting insomnia as a secondary condition and its impact on your VA disability claims.
Discover how insomnia is now evaluated by the VA, the importance of ruling out other conditions, and the critical role of Nexus Letters. We'll break down the updates so you can stay informed and ensure your claims are as strong as possible.
Whether you're dealing with insomnia as a standalone issue or as a symptom of another condition like PTSD, depression, or sleep apnea, this video is a must-watch. Your support helps us continue our mission to INFORM and EDUCATE veterans, so don't forget to subscribe, like, and share!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - What is Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
1:43 - How Does the VA Rate Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
3:26 - Secondary Conditions for Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
4:08 - How to Service Connect Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
4:55 - Outro
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - What is Insomnia
1:20 - Insomnia Mental Health Disorder
1:52 - Insomnia Service Connection Changes
6:17 - Outro

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@TheCivDiv Ай бұрын

1-stop-shop for Veteran benefits: CivDivonline.com - Jay

@YoQueue Ай бұрын

I just had a C&P exam on the 29th for (Back pain, headaches, joint pain, etc) and during my exam I mentioned my lower back pain caused me to have trouble sleeping The next day I had a MH evaluation that was only supposed to be for Insomnia but during the duration of the eval it progressed into the Examiner telling me there were notes and sleep charts done during my time in service that showed my trouble sleeping. He told me due to my answers+my records that Insomnia was definitely apparent but that it could be due to a multitude of things (Depression and Anxiety, Tinnitus, Back pain, TBI causing headaches, etc) I'll be interested to see which disability they attach it to

@gorillahd9247 Ай бұрын

Good info. The new rule definitely does not benefit veterans.

@Ray_Oceans Ай бұрын

What if I already have Insomnia 100% service connected back dated to Mar ‘23. It’s not a secondary but, on the award letter it states no further testing will be required for condition. Do these new changes affect the rating?

@jasondiaz8792 Ай бұрын

If a vet is rating for sleep disturbance currently. Would be wise to increase that disability if warranted and with a private DBQ?

@danielmchugh8231 Ай бұрын

If I am rated for depression & anxiety I can’t claim insomnia right? I have shared with the VA that I suffer from this due to my lack of ability to sleep. Thanks for the great content.

@TheCivDiv Ай бұрын

You can but it’ll be roped under your depression and anxiety. - Clay

@LuisNegrete-hj4hq Ай бұрын

So if im secondary for a condition and im going to a c&p for an increase, does that chsnge to a primary or will they take away my already secondary condition

@dreamparlor3611 Ай бұрын

Mic is clipping on this quite a bit

@marlon8597 Ай бұрын

I might have misheard, but some people were saying that if your primary condition (like IBS for example) is service connected and you have insomnia because of that. It is okay? Is that not true? If anything I already have insomnia I'm my service treatment records and my stomach has nothing to do with it. I also got formal diagnosis as well. So I can definitely get insomnia as a service connected disability on its own, non secondary.

@RyanJohnson-xd4ld Ай бұрын

According to the changes if you have a stand alone diagnosis there is nothing to worry about. Getting a diagnosis in service is pretty much the gold standard for a direct service connection claim.

@angelsveryown Ай бұрын

If you’re already secondarily service connected with insomnia are you grandfathered in? What does this mean for people sitting in my shoes

@TheCivDiv Ай бұрын

Dont mess with it unless you’ve been diagnosed with another MH condition and that would result in a higher rating - Clay

@AlvinPhanMusic Ай бұрын

It sounds like the va is making it more specific. There just removing insomnia out of the umbrella term of mental health currently is. Example Depression secondary to x condition w/ insomnia. We might not have anything to worry about unless the isn't causing other mental condition.

@ms38355 Ай бұрын

A little confusing. Is insomnia still filed the same,as a secondary to a service connevted disability?

@TheCivDiv Ай бұрын

Insomnia is direct - Clay

@ConUSMC Ай бұрын

When will this take in effect? I opened a claim back in March for this..

@TheCivDiv Ай бұрын

Already happened big dawg - Clay

@ConUSMC Ай бұрын

@@TheCivDiv thanks

@Kenbot2 Ай бұрын

If you file a back claim for example, disc degenerative disease. You also file for disc bulge arthritis and maybe spondylolisthesis the VA will combine every one of those things into one rating for your back. The highest rating you can get is 40% now if you add insomnia as a secondary to all the mess you have in your back you will still be rated at 40% with disc degenerative disease with insomnia. This is definitely not a benefit to the Veterans.