The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type and Dependents' Education Assistance (DEA) effective from December 17, 2004. The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The effective date was assigned based on the receipt of a petition to reopen his original service connection claim for schizophrenia in December 1993 and the subsequent grant of service connection with a new evaluation in March 2003, which was then amended to include DEA benefits. The veteran's appeal is not about service connection but rather an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0808056
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 100 percent disability rating for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, as the evidence did not support a finding of sustained material improvement under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to the Veteran's service-connected schizoaffective disorder, depressive type.
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