The Board found that the November 1996 rating decision was clearly and unmistakably erroneous in finding no new and material evidence to reopen a claim of service connection for residuals of a fall or jump from a roof secondary to service-connected paranoid schizophrenia. The Board also granted service connection for these residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA physician's letter provided the necessary causal nexus between the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and his current disorders, which was missing in previous decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Cauda equina injury, Neurogenic bladder (including brain damage with speech impairment secondary to severe urinary tract infection due to neurogenic bladder), Paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005397
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than paranoid schizophrenia, to include substance abuse disorders and PTSD, as secondary to the already service-connected paranoid schizophrenia. Service connection for PTSD is also granted based on evidence of record at least in equipoise with the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion that addresses whether the Veteran's diagnosed conditions of paranoid schizophrenia and insomnia are related to service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and renal cancer, but the appeal for a higher level of SMC due to the need for a higher level of care in addition to regular aid and attendance was denied.
- Denied
The Veteran is found incompetent to handle her VA funds due to multiple psychiatric symptoms and frequent hospitalizations, despite receiving 100% disability pay.
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