The Veteran's request to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include schizophrenia (claimed as a residual of an in-service head injury) is granted. The Board finds the private psychologist report submitted by the Veteran indicates his diagnosed schizophrenia disability may be associated with his active service but that the record does not contain sufficient medical evidence to decide on the claim, thus necessitating a remand to the AOJ to obtain a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The new and material evidence (the September 2014 private psychologist's report) indicates a possible association between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, and his active military service but does not provide sufficient medical evidence to decide on the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18116537
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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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