The Board has determined that there is clear and unmistakable error in the September 1946 rating decision which denied service connection for residuals of shrapnel in the right leg, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The correct facts were not before the adjudicator at the time of the decision, as evidenced by the January 10, 1946 discharge examination report which noted UCD shrapnel in both legs but did not mention a scar on the left shin. This error is 'undebatable' and would have changed the outcome if it had not been made.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shrapnel in the right leg
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0929808
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