Hicks v. West

HOLDAWAY, Judge:

The appellant, James A. Hicks, appeals a September 1993 decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) that denied the appellant’s claims for service connection of a heart disorder and of residuals of heat exhaustion and denied his request to reopen his claim for service connection of a nervous condition. Both parties have filed briefs. The appellant alleges in his statement of the issues (1) that the Board erred by failing to remand the heart condition claim to a VA regional office (VARO) to obtain additional medical records, and (2) that the Secretary’s failure to…