The Board found that the March 1989 RO decision denying entitlement to service connection for a bilateral foot disorder was subsumed by the March 1990 Board decision, and thus dismissed without prejudice the Veteran's claim of CUE in the March 1989 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The March 1989 RO decision was subsumed by the final March 1990 Board decision, making it legally impossible for the Veteran to claim CUE in that decision.
- Claimed conditions
- metatarsalgia with hallux valgus, fractures of the fifth metatarsal bone
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1636315
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What this means for you
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