The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation of 70 percent disabling for service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is granted, effective from October 20, 2010 to February 19, 2019. The effective date for the award of service connection remains prior to October 20, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those associated with a 70 percent rating, resulting in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (schizoaffective disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24077900
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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.
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