The Board has determined that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the March 1972, November 1973, or April 1997 rating decisions regarding service connection for multiple shrapnel wounds and scar tissue.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish CUE as per the three-prong test outlined by the Court.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple shrapnel wounds, Scar tissue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1631945
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