The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that there was no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder in service and concluding that any current psychiatric condition is not related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have an acquired psychiatric disorder during service and that his current diagnosis of psychosis, not otherwise specified, is not linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychosis, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0946077
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type, psychosis, not otherwise specified, and schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, was reopened due to the submission of new evidence. The claims were then granted as his symptoms manifested within one year of separation from service.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, has been reopened and granted. The Board found that the evidence now submitted raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's psychosis, not otherwise specified, did not have its onset during service or is related to service. The claim was reopened based on new evidence but still denied.
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