The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia) is granted service connection, and his prostatitis is granted a 10 percent disability rating from January 28, 2010 to August 11, 2016.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s schizophrenia is at least as likely as not first incurred during military service due to oppositional behavior in the military and his age of 18 years old when he served.
- Claimed conditions
- Lymphoma, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081731
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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