The Board has granted an earlier effective date of September 25, 2017 for a 100 percent evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified schizophrenia disorder with depressed mood and anxiety.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a determination that the Veteran was experiencing symptoms sufficient for a grant of a 100 percent disability rating from the date of his claim for an increased rating, and granted the earlier effective date based on this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified schizophrenia disorder, depressed mood, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- A19003145
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's condition began in service.
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