The Board has granted service connection for schizo-affective disorder, which was diagnosed within one year following the veteran's discharge from service. However, the cause of death (acute myocardial thrombosis with underlying causes of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is not considered to be related to service-connected conditions.,The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as it did not find that any service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted because there is a medical opinion linking the diagnosis of schizo-affective disorder, which manifested within one year following service, to the veteran's discharge from service. However, the cause of death (acute myocardial thrombosis) is not considered related to any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- schizo-affective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205059
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for schizo-affective disorder and for TDIU due to additional development being needed. The claims are related, so both must be remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's psychiatric conditions are remanded for further examination and review of his service records to determine if they were aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and the need for a medical opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, including schizo-affective disorder. The TDIU claim is also deferred until after the service-connection issue is adjudicated.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, needs further examination and evaluation. The case is being sent back to VA for additional medical opinions.
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