The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for a combined schedular rating of 100% prior to January 27, 1999 is granted. The effective date is set as December 28, 2000.
The deciding factor: The RO found error in its May 2000 decision and increased the veteran's combined schedular rating to 100% effective January 27, 1999, which was later corrected to December 28, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Arm Amputation, Degenerative Joint Disease of Right Thumb, Seborrheic Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0403384
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Decisions by this judge: 1,500 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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