The veteran's application for Service Disabled Veterans' Insurance was denied because it was not submitted within the two-year time limit following his service connection grant for T-cell lymphoma.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit his application for RH insurance within the two years after receiving service connection for T-cell lymphoma, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- T-cell lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0705306
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- Denied
The Board denied the motion to revise or reverse a previous rating decision, finding that it was not clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for the April 2002 decision not to grant service connection for T-cell lymphoma from September 1996. The Veteran's earlier claim of peripheral neuropathy did not reasonably encompass T-cell lymphoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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