The Board has revised an April 2010 rating decision to assign a February 15, 1989 effective date for the grant of service connection for stress fractures of the left pubic ramus, right pubic ramus, and right proximal tibia due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA committed CUE by failing to apply the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) when it granted service connection for the Veteran's stress fractures in April 2010, which led to an earlier effective date of February 15, 1989.
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture of the left pubic ramus, stress fracture of the right pubic ramus, stress fracture of the right proximal tibia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24048986
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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