The veteran's claims of CUE in the February 1984 and September 1999 rating decisions have been denied. The February 1984 decision granted service connection for residuals of craniotomy with a 10 percent evaluation, while the September 1999 decision separated his single service-connected status-post craniotomy disability into four separate entities (loss of skull, headaches, tinnitus, and forehead scar) and assigned an effective date of August 31, 1993.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to show outcome-determinative error in either the February 1984 or September 1999 rating decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Loss of skull bone","status":"service-connected"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","status":"service-connected"}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus","status":"service-connected"}, {"condition_name":"Forehead scar","status":"service-connected"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0620113
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What this means for you
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