The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that the veteran did not meet the statutory duration requirements for a total disability rating or show that such requirements would have been met but for clear and unmistakable error in a previous VA decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not reflect that the veteran was continuously rated totally disabled due to any service-connected disability at the time of his death, nor could it be shown that he would have been entitled to such rating if he had applied during his lifetime.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0325066
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