The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type, chronic with alleged PTSD.
The deciding factor: The November 1977 RO rating decision which denied entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability is final and no new evidence was submitted within one year of that decision. Therefore, the earliest possible effective date is September 26, 1996, when a new claim was filed.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type, chronic with alleged PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0908148
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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