The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia and assigned a 10 percent rating for the veteran's cervical spine disability. The appeal is also granted on reopening of the claim due to new evidence.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion supports that the current psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia, was incurred during military service. For the cervical spine disability, the VA examiner opined that the symptoms are consistent with a progressive schizophrenic disturbance and warrant a higher evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder (Schizophrenia), Cervical Spine Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0216142
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What this means for you
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