Legal Opinion
Dunn v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided September 23, 1998No. 96-695PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLDAWAY, Judge:
The appellant, Lonnie C. Dunn, appeals a February 1996 decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which declined to reopen a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and denied a com-pensable rating for postoperative residuals of a right inguinal herniorrhaphy. For the following reasons, the Court will remand the matter relating to his PTSD claim to the BVA, and will affirm the BVA’s denial of an increased rating for hernia residuals.
*464I. FACTS
The appellant had active service in the U.S. Army from August 1969 to March 1972, and served for one year in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- Colvin v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- EF v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Bell v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- Flora L. Barnett, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by41 opinions
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