The Board has determined that the May 2012 rating decision granting service connection for a psychosis/mental illness for the purpose of establishing eligibility for medical treatment only was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, thus restoring this benefit.
The deciding factor: There was reasonable basis to find that a mental illness, other than a psychosis, developed during the two years following separation from service based on symptoms reported by the Veteran at the June 2007 consultation.
- Claimed conditions
- psychosis/mental illness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1710966
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