The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of September 1, 1986 for his TDIU due to finality of the RO decision and lack of grounds other than clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The assignment of an effective date was already accomplished in a final decision from the RO in September 1993. The only avenue for revising the effective date assigned is through demonstration of clear and unmistakable error.
- Claimed conditions
- TDIU
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0733831
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