The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, cocaine use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and unspecified neurocognitive disorder was granted with an effective date of March 18, 2021. The rating assigned is 100 percent.
The deciding factor: The claim was filed within one year of the Veteran's intent to file a claim on March 9, 2021, and new evidence supported the grant of service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, cocaine use disorder, alcohol use disorder, unspecified neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24078113
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of his unspecified neurocognitive disorder, which was diagnosed after a September 2021 heart surgery. The issues are about service connection on the merits.
- Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia is rated at 70 percent, indicating significant impairment in work and social functioning.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, along with alcohol use disorder, has been granted a 100% evaluation effective from April 8, 2021. The disability causes total occupational and social impairment.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia and alcohol use disorder caused his sleep apnea.
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