The veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as schizophrenia, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The claims file does not contain sufficient competent medical evidence to decide the claim regarding service connection for schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, psychosis, paranoid schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, alcohol dependence, polysubstance abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0410820
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia on the basis other than clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding that March 3, 2008 is the earliest possible effective date.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia.
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