The veteran is entitled to an effective date of January 1, 1972 for the grant of special monthly compensation due to having a single service-connected disability rated at 100 percent and additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The February 1973 rating decision was found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous in failing to establish service connection for the veteran's burn scars and third-degree burns, which were later granted effective January 1, 1972.
- Claimed conditions
- Burns of the face, neck, upper extremities, and posterior thorax, Third-degree burns to the back and thorax, Burn scars to the left arm, Burn scars to the right arm, Third-degree burn scars to the left thigh
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0008627
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