The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia. The evidence submitted since the final denial supports the veteran's contention that his psychiatric condition began in service and continues to this day.
The deciding factor: Medical opinion supported by clinical records indicates a strong likelihood that the veteran's schizophrenia started during service and has persisted since then.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608352
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's schizophrenia existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service. The claim for service connection is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, is not shown to have been present in service or within one year of separation. The Board finds the weight of the evidence against a finding of service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia is causally or etiologically related to service, and the Board finds that service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include schizophrenia) is warranted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, was denied as there is no evidence of a link between his current condition and his military service.
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