The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the June 1989 rating decision that granted service connection for organic brain syndrome with dementia, Lyme's disease with encephalopathy. The veteran argued for a separate evaluation for Lyme's disease but the RO assigned a 30 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 9302 (organic mental disorders).
The deciding factor: The June 1989 decision followed the correct diagnostic codes and applied them appropriately based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- organic brain syndrome with dementia, Lyme's disease with encephalopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0638783
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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