The veteran's chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type with depressive features is manifested by total social and industrial inadaptability for the period June 7, 1989 through August 1, 2002. The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability was found to be characterized by total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as flattened affect, near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610002
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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an error in not providing a proper statement of reasons or bases for denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD. The Veteran's VA treatment records show he was diagnosed with various psychiatric conditions during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic schizophrenia, paranoid type, claimed as acquired psychiatric disorder and personality disorder was granted in a June 2011 rating decision with an effective date of November 18, 1999. The appeal is to determine if the earlier effective date should be granted.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic schizophrenia.
- Granted
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