The Board found no CUE in the May 1970 rating decision that assigned a noncompensable disability rating for laceration scars of the head and face, or in the May 1975 and October 2002 decisions that continued the 10 percent disability rating for residuals of left hand wound with limited flexion of fingers.
The deciding factor: The evidence at the time supported a noncompensable evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected laceration scars of the head and face, and a 10 percent evaluation for his service-connected left hand wound residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration scars of the head and face, residuals of left hand wound with limited flexion of fingers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1642901
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's laceration scars of the head and face were rated at 10 percent effective January 4, 2005. The left hand wound with limited flexion of the fingers was rated at 30 percent effective March 15, 2005.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further adjudication of his claims regarding effective dates and CUE in rating decisions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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