Get the details on VA disability ratings for Insomnia during today’s CCK LIVE! Find out what to expect at a C&P exam for insomnia, how VA will end up rating it, common secondary conditions to insomnia and how ratings work with other conditions such as PTSD, and how getting service-connected could qualify you for further benefits such as TDIU.

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Overview of sleep disturbance ratings: https://cck-law.com/blog/va-disability-ratings-for-sleep-disturbances/

0:00 Introduction
1:10 About Insomnia
4:15 Common Causes of Insomnia Among Veterans
6:55 Ways Insomnia is Formally Diagnosed
10:12 Treatment for Insomnia
11:52 Getting Direct Service Connection for Insomnia
12:47 Insomnia as a Component of Underlying Psychiatric Condition (e.g. PTSD)
13:15 Secondary Service Connection and Insomnia (With Examples)
14:24 Aggravation Insomnia Claims
16:34 C&P Exams for Insomnia
21:20 Insomnia VA Rating Percentages
27:20 Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) for Insomnia
31:07 Using Lay Evidence for Insomnia VA Claims
31:50 Closing Thoughts

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Your Best Self: New Ways of Thinking About Disability โ€“ a presentation by Anjel Burgess, Esq. for the Hypersomnia Foundationโ€™s virtual hypersomnia education event โ€“ held Saturday, January 30, 2021.

๐€๐ง๐ฃ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐„๐ฌ๐ช., of Burgess & Christensen in Atlanta, is a prominent disability attorney and HF Board member and has represented numerous people with IH who are applying for disability. She shares her observations of the emotional aspects of that journey, and how to manage those hurdles, whether or not you expect to apply for disability benefits.
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