The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis NOS, is not service-connected as it does not meet the criteria for a disease or injury under VA compensation laws. The Board finds that his personality disorder NOS with paranoid, schizoid, and passive-aggressive features pre-existed service and was aggravated by military service. However, his psychotic disorder NOS is presumed to have been caused by his personality disorder NOS.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis NOS, does not meet the criteria for a disease or injury under VA compensation laws due to the pre-existence of his personality disorder NOS with paranoid, schizoid, and passive-aggressive features. The Board finds that his psychotic disorder NOS is presumed to have been caused by his personality disorder NOS.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (NOS), Psychosis NOS
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1638206
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