The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The veteran's current schizophrenic disorder began years after his active duty service and was not caused by any incident of service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's schizophrenia developed post-service and is not linked to any in-service event or exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0300363
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