The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits prior to March 1, 1991, as she did not meet eligibility criteria due to remarriage and subsequent divorce.
The deciding factor: The appellant was not continuously eligible for DIC benefits from October 1, 1978 (when the law changed) until her February 1992 claim because of remarriage in 1981 and a subsequent divorce in 1989.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated-type schizophrenic reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0429348
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- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, specifically an undifferentiated-type schizophrenic reaction. The veteran's private psychiatrist testified that chronic undifferentiated-type schizophrenia originated during active service.
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- Denied
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