The Veteran's petition to reopen her claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, depressed mood with paranoid features and schizophreniform disorder is allowed. The appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, depressed mood with paranoid features, schizophreniform disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19133014
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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