The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted, allowing the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder to be reopened. The Board also found that the veteran currently has a diagnosed psychiatric condition (variously diagnosed as schizophrenia and anxiety disorder) which was incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The USASCRUR report confirmed the veteran's claimed inservice stressor, allowing the claim to proceed based on new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0213420
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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