The Board denied an earlier effective date for the veteran's award of individual unemployability based on clear and unmistakable error by the Regional Office in 1989, which failed to consider extraschedular entitlement under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the facts before it were not incomplete or incorrect, and that the RO's failure to consider extraschedular entitlement was reasonable supported by the evidence then of record.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0007017
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What this means for you
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