The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for psychotic disorder is November 29, 1996. The veteran's claim was previously denied in March 1971 but not notified properly, and he withdrew his appeal regarding this decision in October 1996. He then submitted a new claim to reopen the previous denial on November 29, 1996.
The deciding factor: The effective date for service connection was determined based on the date of receipt of the reopened claim (November 29, 1996) as it is later than the date entitlement arose (March 1971).
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0123929
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