The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim for service connection for poliomyelitis and also denied that the August 5, 1954 rating decision denying service connection was a result of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish new and material evidence to reopen the claim. The August 5, 1954 rating decision correctly applied the then-existing law.
- Claimed conditions
- Poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0031570
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's current right upper, left upper, and left lower extremity disorders are not causally or etiologically due to service, did not manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more within one year of discharge, and are not due to or aggravated by his service-connected poliomyelitis disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's poliomyelitis with residual weakness of the leg and joints pre-existed his military service and was not permanently aggravated by active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's residuals of poliomyelitis affecting the left lower extremity have been granted a rating of 60 percent, effective from the date of the decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for residuals of poliomyelitis, left leg, is denied as it was not received prior to May 10, 2001.
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