The Board determined that the August 1983 rating decision did not contain clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in denying more than a 50 percent rating for psychiatric manifestations of disability, but found CUE in assigning only one 70 percent rating followed by a 50 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The August 1983 rating decision did not assign separate ratings for distinct, compensable manifestations (scarring and neuroma/thrombophlebitis) of the right arm, but was consistent with governing legal authority and supported by the evidentiary record in denying an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for anxiety neurosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety neurosis, Traumatic neuroma, Thrombophlebitis of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0119353
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