The Board denied the motion to revise or reverse the May 1998 decision that granted an earlier effective date for service connection due to lack of a timely appeal, and concluded there was no CUE.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a substantive appeal within the required time frame after receiving the March 1981 rating decision denying service connection for cataracts related to his WWII injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- intracapsular cataract extraction, retinal detachment of right eye, extracapsular cataract extraction, glaucoma of left eye
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1035584
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