The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, a personality disorder, and a depressive disorder. The underlying claim of entitlement to service connection remains remanded due to additional evidence submitted since the last denial.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact needed to substantiate this claim (diagnoses of schizoid personality disorder and depressive disorder), raising the reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, personality disorder, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2022
- Citation
- 22004988
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What this means for you
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