The Board found that the reduction in rating to 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type, was proper. The criteria for restoration of a 100 percent disability rating were not met.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran’s condition had stabilized and he maintained employment and good family relations, indicating improvement in his ability to function under ordinary conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0011818
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