The Board has restored the veteran's 100% disability rating for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, effective September 1, 2000, after finding that the reduction was not based on a VA examination and did not comply with due process requirements.
The deciding factor: The decision found that the reduction in evaluation was not based on the results of a VA examination showing improvement and did not comply with the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.655(c) before entering the June 1998 rating decision, thus warranting restoration.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024509
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