Trinidad G. Bustos, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs

DECISION

GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

Mr. Trinidad G. Bustos appeals the April 1, 1998 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1 No. 96-1567, affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (the “Board”), which denied his claim of clear and unmistakable error (“CUE”) in a prior rating decision. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Bustos served on active duty with the Army from October 1969 to August 1972. In 1986, Mr. Bustos submitted a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”). In a June 1986 regional office (“RO”) decision, he was denied service connection for…