The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for chronic, undifferentiated schizophrenia. The issue of whether this condition is related to military service will be addressed in a future decision.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which allowed the reopening of the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic, undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0326359
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for an effective date prior to January 26, 2000 for the grant of service connection for PTSD and/or a 70 percent evaluation for chronic, undifferentiated schizophrenia and PTSD have been granted.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU was also granted with an effective date of January 26, 2000.
- Denied
The Veteran's schizophrenia was rated at 70 percent for the period from March 4, 2004 to July 21, 2008. For the time periods before and after this date, the rating remained at 50 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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