The veteran was granted service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia effective March 13, 1989, and a 100 percent rating was assigned.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of schizophrenia were severe enough to warrant a 100 percent rating from the date of his reopened claim in 1989.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0815604
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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