The Board denied the motion to revise a June 24, 1954, decision due to CUE because there was no evidence of a lobectomy during the in-service surgery and thus Diagnostic Code 6816 should not have been applied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence supporting the application of Diagnostic Code 6816 for a higher rating due to a partial lobectomy, which resulted in the denial of the motion.
- Claimed conditions
- granuloma, residuals of removal of granuloma right chest wall
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618879
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