The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia has been manifested throughout the appeal period by active psychotic manifestations of such extent, severity, depth, persistence, or bizarreness as to produce total social and industrial inadaptability. The criteria for a 100 percent schedular rating are met for the entire appeal period.
The deciding factor: The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia has been manifested throughout the appeal period by active psychotic manifestations of such extent, severity, depth, persistence, or bizarreness as to produce total social and industrial inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615347
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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