The Board granted an effective date of January 17, 2000 for the award of a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected schizophrenia with anxiety.
The deciding factor: The veteran's entitlement to a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability was established as of January 17, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0410860
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 180 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and an addendum opinion to address whether schizophrenia with anxiety was present to a disabling degree within one year of the Veteran's honorable service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and schizophrenia with anxiety, finding that there is no evidence of these conditions in service or within the first year after service. The Veteran's claims were based on his belief that he developed these conditions during service, but the medical records do not support this claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for schizophrenia with anxiety and hypertension due to new VA medical records being added to the file.
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