The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type and granted it on a presumptive basis as the condition is presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the September 2003 rating decision supports the proposition that the treatment received by the Veteran within a period of one year after service discharge was for symptoms early manifestations of his later diagnosed psychosis, and not, separate and distinct psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, schizophrenia, differentiated type
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1010783
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's mental competency to handle VA benefits was found lacking, and restoration of competency is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, was rated at 70 percent and denied a higher rating. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet criteria for total social impairment or total occupational impairment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, undifferentiated type. The Veteran's claim was initially denied in October 1992 and reopened on August 19, 2010. Service connection was established with a 50% rating effective from August 19, 2010.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia, undifferentiated type is rated at 100 percent effective from March 25, 2011, due to total occupational and social impairment.
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