United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims August 10, 2010, 08-1409 (Leroy B. MacKlem v. Eric K. Shinseki)

LANCE, Judge:

The appellant, Leroy B. MacKlem, through counsel, appeals a March 27, 2008, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that determined that a March 1950 rating decision, which severed the appellant’s service-connected benefits on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the original March 1944 rating decision awarding service connection for arthritis of the left