The Board denied the claim for clear and unmistakable error in the January 31, 2017 rating decision and also denied entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the January 31, 2017 AOJ's decision was clearly and unmistakably erroneous in assigning a 0 percent disability rating for right hand degenerative arthritis. The Board also found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities were not sufficient to produce unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088365
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