The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for undifferentiated schizophrenia and has determined that new and material evidence has been received. The Board also found that the Veteran's schizophrenia manifested to a compensable degree within one year of separation from service, warranting presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The January 2014 private physician provided a detailed rationale explaining why the Veteran's symptoms noted during service were early manifestations of his schizophrenia. The Board also found that the preponderance of evidence demonstrated the onset of the schizophrenia within one year of separation from service, warranting presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1528660
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