Legal Opinion
Viglas v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided July 22, 1994No. 92-664PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
The pro se appellant, widow of Vietnam veteran Peter Vigías, appeals an April 24, 1992, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision denying entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for the period from November 1987 to February 1990. She has filed an informal brief urging reversal and an award of retroactive DIC benefits for the period in question. The Secretary has filed a brief urging affirmance, contending that there is no statutory authority upon which to assign an effective date for DIC earlier than one year prior to VA’s receipt of her original…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Fedorenko v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
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