Service connection for schizoaffective disorder has been granted.,The issue of entitlement to VA medical treatment for a psychosis or mental illness under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1702 is dismissed as service connection for schizoaffective disorder has been established.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence showing that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder, clearly and unmistakably pre-existed service.,The issue of entitlement to VA medical treatment for a psychosis or mental illness under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1702 is moot because service connection for schizoaffective disorder has been granted.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18112974
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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