The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia was denied in November 2006, and the effective date of May 14, 2009 is appropriate as it is the earliest date that entitlement arose.
The deciding factor: The earliest date that entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia arose is May 14, 2009, which is when the Veteran filed a request to reopen his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181452
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia and panic disorder, based on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding no evidence of CUE in any prior decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 8, 1988, for the grant of service connection and assignment of a 100 percent rating for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected major depression with anxiety, chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia warrants a 70 percent rating.
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