The Board has determined that the veteran's schizoaffective disorder is presumed to have been incurred in service due to its manifestation within a year of separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: Schizoaffective disorder was manifested within one year of separation from service and is considered presumptively incurred therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638508
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