The Board finds that the veteran's schizophrenia, a diagnosed psychiatric condition, does not meet the criteria for service connection under presumptive provisions due to undiagnosed illness or direct-incurrence. The claim is denied.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence shows the veteran has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, which precludes application of the presumptive provisions for undiagnosed illnesses and does not support a finding of direct service connection based on in-service symptoms or diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638129
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