The veteran's claim for compensation payable at the current rate provided in 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(j) from June 1, 1994, due to service-connected disability was denied as there is no legal basis for the requested benefits.
The deciding factor: The law does not provide a basis to award the compensation benefits sought by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0611981
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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