The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type is dismissed. The appeal for an earlier effective date for DEA benefits is also dismissed as the Veteran has been granted a 100 percent combined disability rating since June 22, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type was rated at 70% from June 25, 2002, and 100% from June 22, 2011. The effective date for DEA benefits is based on the Veteran having a permanent total service-connected disability as of June 22, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24044573
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas from November 15, 2016, to August 10, 2021.,Beginning August 11, 2021, the disability caused total occupational and social impairment.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence supports a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type was dismissed due to her death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Dismissed
Your claim for service connection for a schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, was granted effective October 25, 2024. The appeal is dismissed as the full benefit sought has been granted.
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