The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including undifferentiated-type schizophrenia. The issue was not reopened due to a prior denial in 1975.
The deciding factor: The VA did not find new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for undifferentiated-type schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated-type schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1522143
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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