The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid type schizophrenia in a September 1989 decision. The RO denied claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid type schizophrenia when it issued unappealed rating decisions in March 1998, January 2000, November 2001, and January 2002. Evidence received since the January 2002 final rating decision has been previously considered by the decisionmakers in the denial of the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid type schizophrenia, and as such is duplicative and redundant.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence has been previously considered by the decisionmakers and is duplicative and redundant.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid type schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, atypical psychosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0605370
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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