The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type, and finds that new evidence supports reopening the claim. However, the Board also finds that there is no medical evidence to support a finding that the veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia was incurred in service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence supporting the veteran's contention that his schizophrenia was first manifest during service or within one year thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, paranoid type
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0620958
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What this means for you
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