The Veteran's appeal of the TDIU issue has been withdrawn. The claim for an earlier effective date for his 100 percent evaluation for chronic schizophrenia is dismissed due to lack of legal merit.
The deciding factor: The criteria for withdrawal of the appeal of the TDIU issue have been met, and the claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent disability evaluation for chronic schizophrenia has no legal basis as it is barred by finality rules.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1545616
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for chronic schizophrenia, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the June 1982 rating decision that denied his claim based on a presumption of soundness.
- Granted
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and PTSD, due to military sexual trauma (MST), is granted. The Board finds new and material evidence has been received since the June 2011 rating decision denying entitlement to service connection for PTSD. Service connection will be remanded for further examination and medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination and insufficient medical evidence on file for the merits of the claim. The Veteran's psychiatric disorders have been diagnosed, but there is no opinion linking these conditions to his service.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic schizophrenia resulted in total occupational and social impairment since March 4, 1999. The Board granted a 100% rating for the condition prior to February 28, 2011.
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