The Board denied the veteran's claim for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding no clear and unmistakable error in VA rating decisions or entitlement to a total disability rating continuously from discharge until death.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have continuous service-connected disabilities rated as 100% disabling for the required period of time.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoid, impotency, myelopathy involving the left lower extremity, myelopathy involving the right lower extremity, nonpsychotic organic brain syndrome associated with brain trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617769
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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