The veteran's psychosis, currently diagnosed as schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, was initially diagnosed on September 2, 1993 and is shown to have been incurred in service. The effective date for the grant of service connection for this condition is November 19, 1992.
The deciding factor: The veteran's psychosis had an onset during his military service and was found to be directly related to his active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- psychosis, not otherwise specified, schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0023587
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