The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and service connection were denied. The Board found that the March 1996 rating decision did not involve clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The March 1996 rating decision was a reasonable exercise of adjudicatory judgment on the issue of damage to the nerves of the right lower extremity, residuals of shell fragment wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual of shell fragment wounds to the left lower leg, Scar, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0610257
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