The veteran's schizophrenia and delusional disorder are found to be service-connected. The claim for PTSD, anxiety, and a personality disorder is denied as per law.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the evidence of record showing that the veteran had symptoms of schizophrenia and delusional disorder during her active duty and post-service treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Delusional Disorder, Paranoid Type, Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0304879
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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.
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