Legal Opinion
Cabanayan v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 12, 2010No. 2009-3149UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Venancio Cabanayan (“Caba-nayan”) appeals the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) affirming the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”)’s denial of his application for disability retirement benefits. Cabanayan v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. SF844E080686-I-1 (M.S.P.B. Dec. 23, 2008) (“Cabanayan ”). Because the Board did not credit some of Cabanayan’s medical evidence based on a legal standard we have since held to be erroneous, we vacate and remand for reconsideration under the proper legal standard.
BACKGROUND
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- Larry M. Smith v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
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