The Board incorrectly determined that the veteran was employable due to his service-connected disabilities, despite evidence showing he was unemployable. The decision is reversed.
The deciding factor: The absence of any objective evidence supporting the Board's finding of employability led to clear and unmistakable error.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Residuals of a Left Hand Injury, Pseudofolliculitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0321534
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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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