Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and service connection for spotty hypesthesia, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the 1995 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a 100 percent rating for Hansen's disease or an earlier effective date for TDIU, as the September 6, 1995, rating decision was properly adjudicated.
- Claimed conditions
- spotty hypesthesia of the dorsum of the left foot, left leg, and left thigh (residual of Hansen's disease), spotty hypesthesia of the dorsum of the right foot, right leg, and right thigh (residual of Hansen's disease), spotty hypesthesia of the left forearm (residual of Hansen's disease), spotty hypesthesia of the right cheek (residual of Hansen's disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084618
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