The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The claim was then granted based on a current diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder being causally related to service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms were more consistent with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder than non-combat PTSD, and the evidence showed that his condition was aggravated by his period of time in the Army.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813787
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Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically schizoaffective disorder, as it did not pre-exist service and was not shown in service or until 2010. The medical evidence does not support presumptive service connection on any basis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, finding that it began during active service and affording the benefit of doubt to the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder) and remanded the secondary service connection claim for hypertensive vascular disease.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of head trauma, including chronic headaches, is granted. However, the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is denied.
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