Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 29, 2021, for the award of service connection for schizoaffective disorder with crack cocaine use disorder in long-term remission.
The deciding factor: An effective date was granted based on continuous pursuit of the claim via a Supplemental Claim (VA Form 20-0995) filed more than one year after the original denial, but within one year of the initial intent to file a claim.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder with crack cocaine use disorder in long-term remission (acquired psychiatric disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019818
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