The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia, currently rated at 70 percent. The evidence does not meet the criteria for a 100 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The appellant’s symptoms do not most closely approximate the criteria for a 100 percent disability rating for schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0105956
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- Remanded (sent back)
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