The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and found that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia (paranoid type) and psychotic disorder NOS. The Board determined that the Veteran's current condition is at least in equipoise with his service, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA psychiatrists and psychologists supported a finding of service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia (paranoid type) and psychotic disorder NOS. The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise with the Veteran's claim, thus granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia (paranoid type), psychotic disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1339906
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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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