The Board has found that the veteran's schizoid personality disorder was made worse by his service-connected defective hearing, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's Schizoid Personality Disorder was made worse by his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Schizoid personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0001251
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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