The Board has granted an effective date of August 25, 1976 for the grant of service connection for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. The appeal is now pending to determine if an earlier effective date for Dependents' Education Assistance (DEA) under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code is warranted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim of service connection for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. The effective date was granted based on the date of the original claim in August 25, 1976. The appeal is now pending to determine if an earlier effective date for DEA under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1048012
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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