The Board granted service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and major depression, effective December 10, 2001, and established basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance with the same effective date.
The deciding factor: Service medical records showed only Axis II diagnoses (personality disorders) which were accurately reflected in the August 1988 rating decision. The RO reopened the claim based on new evidence presented in 2002 and 2003, including complete service records that indicated the first diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia three years after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, major depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0601492
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.
What you can do next
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