The Board has determined that the November 1984 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error in denying a total disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected nervous disorder. As a result, the veteran is now rated totally disabled by a schedular rating for a period of ten or more years immediately preceding his death, entitling the appellant to DIC benefits.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence at the time of the November 1984 rating decision revealed VA and private medical opinions that concluded the veteran's service-connected nervous disorder rendered him unemployable. These opinions were not addressed by the RO or contradicted by other competent medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0012283
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