The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and granted it. However, the claim for PTSD was denied due to lack of corroborated stressors.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not provide credible supporting evidence to corroborate the veteran's claimed in-service stressors of verbal, psychological, and physical abuse.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0605226
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia on the basis other than clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding that March 3, 2008 is the earliest possible effective date.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of paranoid schizophrenia, finding that the evidence did not support a grant based on newly added service personnel records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder to provide her with another opportunity to attend a new VA mental health examination.
- Granted
The Board grants the appeal in full, granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
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