The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, finding that the Veteran's in-service mental health symptoms are at least as likely as not related to his current diagnosis of schizophrenia.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's in-service mental health symptoms and his later diagnosed schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (including schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045474
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What this means for you
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