Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal of severance of service connection for substance-induced psychotic disorder with cannabis use disorder and continued entitlement to basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to address whether a diagnosis of schizophrenia was related to service and did not consider the potential applicability of section 3.301(c)(3).
- Claimed conditions
- substance-induced psychotic disorder with cannabis use disorder, schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093798
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