The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and schizophrenia on both direct and secondary basis. The case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the May 1995 rating decision includes VA outpatient records indicating a current diagnosis of PTSD with a plausible causal relationship to an incident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety neurosis with phobic features, schizophrenia undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0843756
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
Your increased rating for service-connected psychiatric disorder and the grant of basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance have been granted. The appeal is dismissed as moot.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a 50% rating for schizophrenia undifferentiated type effective from July 25, 2012. The earliest date of entitlement is also July 25, 2012.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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