Legal Opinion
Hood v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided March 2, 1993No. 91-714PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Chief Judge:
This appeal presents for review a January 3, 1991, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision which denied appellant an increased rating to 100% for his manic-depressive psychosis, currently rated as 30% disabling. Upon consideration of the pleadings and the record on appeal, the Court concludes that the Board’s statement of reasons or bases for continuing, rather than increasing, appellant’s 30% disability rating was inadequate, and that the Board failed to consider appellant for individual unemployability under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1521 (West 1991). The Board’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit II Men's Advisory CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- EF v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Shoemaker v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. National Mediation BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Butts v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
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- Mittleider v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998
- Drosky v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1997
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