The Board's April 1, 1983 decision denying TDIU benefits is void ab initio due to failure to consider the applicable regulations for reduction of a total disability rating. The TDIU rating was restored as of July 1, 1981.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to apply the relevant VA regulations when reviewing the reduction in the veteran's total disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0523387
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for chronic schizophrenia, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the June 1982 rating decision that denied his claim based on a presumption of soundness.
- Granted
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and PTSD, due to military sexual trauma (MST), is granted. The Board finds new and material evidence has been received since the June 2011 rating decision denying entitlement to service connection for PTSD. Service connection will be remanded for further examination and medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination and insufficient medical evidence on file for the merits of the claim. The Veteran's psychiatric disorders have been diagnosed, but there is no opinion linking these conditions to his service.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic schizophrenia resulted in total occupational and social impairment since March 4, 1999. The Board granted a 100% rating for the condition prior to February 28, 2011.
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