Schizophrenia Aggravated

[ysraal]

I was sent to a panel of three mental health professionals to determine if my schizophrenia was aggravated during service and all three opinioned that I was. I am now diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder so will I be sc for schiz or sza?

[carlie]

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-....73&idno=38

Rating

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders9201 Schizophrenia, disorganized type

9202 Schizophrenia, catatonic type

9203 Schizophrenia, paranoid type

9204 Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type

9205 Schizophrenia, residual type; other and unspecified types

9208 Delusional disorder

9210 Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified (atypical psychosis)

9211 Schizoaffective disorder

Edited September 6, 2009 by carlie

[purple]

You say it was "aggravated during service".....so you had schizophrenia prior to enlistment?

If so, did you know?

[john999]

How long were you in the service? The military would not enlist you if they knew you were schizophrenic, so I assume there was no mention of schizophrenia in your enlistment documents. Why do they assume your service aggravated instead of precipitated a schizophrenia state? What basis do they have for believing your problems pre-existed your service?

[ysraal]

How long were you in the service? The military would not enlist you if they knew you were schizophrenic, so I assume there was no mention of schizophrenia in your enlistment documents. Why do they assume your service aggravated instead of precipitated a schizophrenia state? What basis do they have for believing your problems pre-existed your service?

USMC 1yr, 9 mo 2days. Your assumption is correct. I was able to obtain pre service medical records.

[ysraal]

You say it was "aggravated during service".....so you had schizophrenia prior to enlistment?

If so, did you know?

I thought that I was fine.

[ysraal]

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-....73&idno=38

Rating

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders9201 Schizophrenia, disorganized type

9202 Schizophrenia, catatonic type

9203 Schizophrenia, paranoid type

9204 Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type

9205 Schizophrenia, residual type; other and unspecified types

9208 Delusional disorder

9210 Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified (atypical psychosis)

9211 Schizoaffective disorder

Thank you but I have dx of schiz para, PDNOS and schizoaffective disorder, all same syptoms seen during service when I was sent for a psychosis rule-out and they defered dx