The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of a March 1990 decision, followed by a May 1990 SOC, that denied the petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any error of fact or law manifestly changed the outcome of the May 1990 decision such that reasonable minds cannot differ as to whether a separate compensable rating for a headache disability was warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, nervous condition, schizophrenia disorder, depressive type with cocaine related disorder, unspecified and cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072209
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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