The Board granted service connection for psoriasis secondary to service-connected schizophrenia and assigned an effective date of May 9, 1989. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's psoriasis is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected schizophrenia and granted service connection on a secondary basis. The effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia was set at May 9, 1989, which is when the claim was received.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0212240
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What this means for you
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