Legal Opinion
Thom as Ellington, Jr. v. R. Jam Es Nicholson
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided July 25, 2007No. 04-0403PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANCE, Judge:
The appellant, veteran Thomas Ellington, Jr., through counsel, appeals a March 8, 2004, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board). Record (R.) at 1-16. In that decision, the Board denied the appellant’s claims for earlier effective dates for his secondarily service-connected diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Id. There are two questions presented on appeal. First, does the effective date for a secondarily service-connected disability relate back to the date that a prior claim was filed for the antecedent disability? Second, does a veteran file a claim for disability…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Green v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Howard F. Roberson, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Littke v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- James E. Szemraj, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Earlee King v. Eric K. ShinsekiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2010
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