The Board denied the veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes, concluding that there was no evidence supporting his unemployability. The veteran is now seeking to have this decision revised on grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to provide specific facts or legal basis demonstrating CUE in the August 1990 Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- unemployability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0012777
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