Granted
The Board grants service connection for schizoaffective disorder, finding that the evidence supports a diagnosis of this condition and its onset during active military service.
The deciding factor: The March 2018 VA examiner and January 2018 VA psychiatrist found a diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder, while the May 2020 private psychologist diagnosed schizoaffective disorder. Given the nearly equal balance of competent medical evidence, the benefit of the doubt is given to the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090435
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