The Board denied a compensable disability rating for service-connected agranulocytosis in December 2004, finding that the condition did not require medication and was not severe enough to warrant a higher rating. The Veteran's motion argues there was CUE but does not provide evidence showing the outcome would have been different.
The deciding factor: The Board found no error because the evidence at the time of the decision supported denying the increased disability rating for agranulocytosis.
- Claimed conditions
- agranulocytosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1517558
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