The Board denied the motion for revision of the January 1993 decision, finding no CUE in the April 1982 RO rating decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence at the time did not support a presumption of service connection based on the veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Paraplegia, Bladder dysfunction, Bowel dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0406106
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Decisions by this judge: 1,293 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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