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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 00:50:34+00:00

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Had the error not been made, the outcome would have been manifestly different.
Clear and unmistakable error is a very specific and rare kind of error. It is the kind of error, of fact or of law, that when called to the attention of later reviewers compels the conclusion, to which reasonable minds could not differ, that the result would have been manifestly different but for the error. Generally, either the correct facts, as they were known at the time, were not before the Board, or the statutory and regulatory provisions extant at the time were incorrectly applied.
It is very important to note that the Supreme Court of the United States holds that a “judicial construction of a statute is an authoritative statement of what the statute meant before as well as after the decision of the case giving rise to that construction.” This is important because the Court in Procopio did not change the law, it only provided a controlling judicial construction of that law. If you or someone you know is a Veteran of the Vietnam War who has wrongly been denied service-connection for agent orange related conditions, please contact a Veterans representative to look into whether a CUE claim may apply. CUE claims have a heavier pleading requirement than other appeals. Although Procopio could be reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States, I still urge action by all affected Veterans.
 There are many exceptions to this, including but not limited to service on an inland river or other “brown water,” or service on airbases in Thailand.
 Russel v. Principi, 3 Vet. App. 310, 313 (1992)(en banc).
 Bouton v. Peake, 23 Vet. App. 70,71 (2008). See also Prinkey v. Shinseki, 735 F.3d 1375, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (quoting Cook v. Principi, 318 F.3d 1334, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2002)(en banc)).
 38 C.F.R. § 20.1403(a) (2018); see Stallworth v. Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 482, 490 (2006).

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