The Veteran's compensation benefits were terminated in August 2005 due to his renouncement of the benefits. The claim for reinstatement was received on February 23, 2009, and denied as there is no evidence of incompetence prior to the termination of benefits.
The deciding factor: VA regulations require a finding of incompetence before terminating compensation benefits, but the Veteran's competency was not questioned until July 2008 when his spouse requested reinstatement. The claim for reinstatement was received after this determination.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychotic Disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175969
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The Board finds new and material evidence in the form of post-service VA treatment records showing diagnoses such as PTSD, major depression, schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, etc., which supports reopening the previously denied claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including a VA examination and obtaining records from the AOJ. The issues of TDIU are also on appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's request to reopen the issue of service connection for PTSD is granted. The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD and psychotic disorder NOS, as well as hypertension, is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically a psychotic disorder NOS, originated during service and existed prior to his February 1990 claim for service connection. Therefore, an effective date of January 19, 1990 is granted.
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