The Board's May 20, 1983 decision is revised because it incorrectly characterized the issue as a claim for TDIU instead of addressing the termination of the veteran's existing TDIU rating. The error was in not applying the appropriate reduction criteria.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to apply the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.343, which are more stringent than those for an initial award when reducing a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0319228
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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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