Legal Opinion

Hanna v. Brown

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Decided June 6, 1994No. 92-987PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAMER, Judge:

Appellant, Linette J. Hanna, appeals a December 31, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) which found that appellant had not submitted a well-grounded claim for service connection for the cause of her husband’s death, and that she was not entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 (veteran rated totally disabled for 10 or more continuous years prior to his death). The Court has jurisdiction under 38 U.S.C. § 7252.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The veteran, Thomas Lowery, served on active duty from November 1917 to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
  2. Murphy v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
  3. Espiritu v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
  4. Grottveit v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
  5. Grivois v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Dyment v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1999
  2. Timberlake v. GoberUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2000
  3. Sandra K. Hupp v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2007
  4. YT v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1996
  5. Forshey v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998

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