The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the December 2018 rating decision that reduced her disability rating for a lumbosacral strain, as there was no clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The reduction did not result in a reduction of compensation payments currently being made, thus failing the first element of the CUE test under Stallworth v. Nicholson.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain with IVDS and degenerative arthritis, Right-hand thumb sprain, Hallux valgus right foot with bilateral degenerative arthritis and plantar calluses
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025460
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Decisions by this judge: 734 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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