The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disability (schizophrenia), tardive dyskinesia, and low back disability. The acquired psychiatric disability is found to have its onset in service, while the tardive dyskinesia is proximately due to his service-connected schizophrenia. The low back disability was not incurred or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion supported that the Veteran's schizophrenia had its clinical onset in service and that his tardive dyskinesia was caused by psychiatric medication taken for his service-connected schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability (schizophrenia), tardive dyskinesia, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1017139
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