The Board denied service connection for schizo-affective disorder and low back disability as there was no evidence of in-service disease or injury, nor any link to a disease or injury in service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current psychiatric and low back disabilities to an in-service event, injury, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- schizo-affective disorder, degenerative disc disease of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1205079
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for schizo-affective disorder and for TDIU due to additional development being needed. The claims are related, so both must be remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's psychiatric conditions are remanded for further examination and review of his service records to determine if they were aggravated by service.
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