The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise a January 1980 rating decision that assigned a noncompensable disability rating for chondromalacia, patellas, bilateral. The RO did not commit clear and unmistakable error in applying the law at the time.
The deciding factor: The correct application of the law at the time of the January 1980 rating decision did not clearly and undebatably understand to apply to non-arthritis claims, thus no CUE was committed.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia, patellas, bilateral
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2026
- Citation
- A26006277
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