The Board has determined that the veteran's schizoaffective disorder, diagnosed during his active duty service from March 1980 to December 1981, is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence supports a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder with onset during the veteran's period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Schizoaffective Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0420596
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