The Board found that appellant's schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by military service, nor may a psychosis be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: There is no indication of any mental condition during appellant's active duty service and the diagnosis of schizophrenia did not occur until after his discharge from service. The Board concluded that there was insufficient evidence to establish service connection for schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- psychosis, chronic paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0407228
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