The Board has determined that the December 1974 decision denying an increased evaluation for schizophrenia and a total rating based on individual unemployability was clearly and unmistakably erroneous due to misapplication of regulations.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to apply the correct standard of review, specifically 38 C.F.R. § 3.343, which requires material improvement in actual employability before reducing a total disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416256
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