The Board denied a request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the earliest valid claim was received on August 18, 1993.
The deciding factor: The RO found no new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim prior to May 1993, and the subsequent grant of service connection in March 1997 was based on a request for reopening filed on August 18, 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0105428
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