The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence supports a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia which had its onset during active military service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided by VA psychiatrists and private physicians supported the Veteran's contention that his current diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia began during his period of active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Paranoid Schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1206131
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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