The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified, is denied as a matter of law.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his 100 percent disability rating for service-connected psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified, is also denied as a matter of law.
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1425110
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