Beraud v. McDonald

I respectfully dissent from the panel majority’s decision to reverse the decision of the Veterans Court, which affirmed the decision of the Board that held that Ber-aud was not entitled to an effective date prior to August 27, 2004, for service connection for migraine headaches. See Ber-aud v. Shinseki, 26 Vet.App. 313 (2013). Because I believe that the Veterans Court did not err in its interpretation of our prior case law, I would affirm the decision of the Veterans Court.

Our jurisdiction to review decisions of the Veterans Court is limited by statute. 38 U.S.C. § 7292. We generally lack…