The Board's January 1984 decision denying a TDIU rating is found to be based on clear and unmistakable error, allowing for the restoration of the TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The Board incorrectly applied regulations pertaining to reduction in disability ratings without following due process requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- Total disability rating based on individual unemployability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0626994
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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