The Board granted an effective date of March 11, 2009 but no earlier for the award of service connection for acquired mental disability, to include schizophrenia and nervous disorder. The claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for hiatal hernia was denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the receipt of new evidence within one year after the issuance of a statement of the case in December 1976, which provided a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for acquired mental disability. For the hiatal hernia, no such evidence was received to warrant an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired mental disability, to include schizophrenia and nervous disorder, Hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23001770
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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