The Board has determined that an effective date of February 1, 1979 is warranted for the assignment of a 100% evaluation for the service-connected chronic schizophrenia.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a 100% rating since February 1, 1979 due to total social and industrial inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0835254
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What this means for you
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