The Board found that the appellant, as the veteran's widow, does not have legal standing to revise the February 1983 rating action on the basis of CUE. The claim is denied.
The deciding factor: The appellant has no legal status to revise a decision affecting the disability benefits of her husband, who had died, on the ground of CUE as she was not the disability benefits claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0522700
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