The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, and finds that new and material evidence has been submitted. The case is remanded to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was found in the form of the Veteran's statements regarding symptoms since separation from service and lay witness statements. The Board will now seek a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's current psychiatric condition, including major depressive disorder with psychotic features and paranoid personality disorder, is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with psychotic features, paranoid personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0933058
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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.
- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with psychotic features and alcohol use disorder, finding that both conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's major depressive disorder with psychotic features was granted a 100 percent disability rating from April 24, 2014, due to total occupational and social impairment.
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