The Board has granted the veteran's claim to restore his pension benefits effective from October 1, 1998. The veteran argued for an earlier effective date based on information about his wife's income, but the RO found that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the prior decision.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the prior decision did not contain a clear and unmistakable error regarding the termination of pension benefits due to excessive income.
- Claimed conditions
- Quadriplegia, Loss of bowel and bladder control
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0125314
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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