The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid schizophrenia. However, the claim remains not well grounded as there is no competent medical evidence to establish a nexus between the current condition and service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of record to establish occurrence of an in-service injury or disease or a nexus between the veteran's currently diagnosed psychiatric disorders, including paranoid schizophrenia, and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Paranoid Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0004021
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What this means for you
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