The Board denied the motion for revision or reversal of the October 1997 decision on grounds of clear and unmistakable error, finding that the moving party's allegations were insufficient to meet the pleading requirements.
The deciding factor: The motion was denied because the allegations did not show that the correct facts as they were known at the time were not before the Board when the October 1997 decision was made.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral defective vision
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0012510
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- Granted
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