The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 7, 1993 for service connection of chronic paranoid schizophrenia. The decision is final as it was not appealed to a higher authority.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim, and the Board found that the effective date could not be earlier than the date of receipt of his application to reopen the claim (September 21, 2003).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0634812
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the appellant's claim regarding whether his character of discharge is a bar to VA benefits due to new and material evidence. The case is now remanded for an addendum retrospective insanity opinion from a mental health clinician.
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