The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychotic disorder, finding that it is related to his period of service. The claim was previously denied in February 1996 due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA medical expert provided an opinion linking the veteran's current mental disorder to his service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301797
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Decisions by this judge: 244 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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