The Board vacated the part of its January 2016 decision that denied compensation for residuals other than visual field defects, right upper extremity weakness and numbness, and mild speech dysfluency, dysarthria, and stuttering due to a violation of the Veteran's right to due process. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board violated the Veteran's right to due process by denying compensation prior to considering additional evidence submitted by his representative and not addressed in the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- visual field defects, right upper extremity weakness and numbness, mild speech dysfluency, dysarthria, and stuttering
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1632710
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