Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 8, 2011No. 2010-7106PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
George Singleton is a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War and who now suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) and schizophrenia. He applied for disability benefits in February 1981 but his claim was rejected. Much later, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) concluded that Mr. Singleton was in fact entitled to benefits stemming from that initial claim. This case concerns the procedures the Board applied to retrospectively assess the extent of Mr. Singleton’s disability…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Solorio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- Russell E. SMITH, Claimant-Appellant, v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by13 opinions
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