The Veteran's claim for service connection for psychosis to establish eligibility for treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1702 is dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and a 100% rating.
The deciding factor: The issue is rendered moot because of the grant of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, which would include VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- psychosis, paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0946396
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for earlier effective date for service connection of acquired psychiatric disabilities was denied as the earliest date entitlement arose is April 16, 2019, which is later than the date of receipt of his July 19, 2019 supplemental claim.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including bipolar disorder, PTSD, MDD with psychotic features, depression, anxiety, alcohol use disorder, tobacco use disorder, and psychosis are found to have begun during service or be related to in-service events. The claims for sleep disturbances and bilateral eye disabilities are remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as the appellant, through his representative, withdrew the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The March 2000 rating decision denying service connection for psychosis and depression was revised to grant it, with an effective date of June 17, 1999.,The April 2013 rating decision granting PTSD with depression, anxiety, and panic attacks was revised to reflect a more recent effective date of June 17, 1999.
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