The Veteran's petition to reopen her previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, is granted. The claims for bilateral foot disability, heart murmur, diabetes mellitus type II, and migraine headaches are also remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate her claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as schizophrenia).
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as schizophrenia), bilateral foot disability, heart murmur, diabetes mellitus type II, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143167
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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