The Board denied the Veteran's request for a 10 percent rating based on multiple, non-compensable, service-connected disabilities due to a clear and unmistakable error in a January 1997 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The correct facts were before the AOJ at the time of the January 1997 rating decision, and the statutory or regulatory provisions existing at that time were correctly applied. The Veteran's argument relates to how the adjudicator weighed the evidence, which does not constitute clear and unmistakable error.
- Claimed conditions
- dysplasia, left breast fibroadenoma postoperative residuals, chin scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023543
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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