Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Derwinski
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided January 25, 1991No. 90-22PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IVERS, Associate Judge:
Appellant, John L. Sawyer, has noted an appeal from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ (BVA) denial of his claim for service connection for lung cancer. We find that the BVA erred in its decision in this case and, therefore, remand the case to the BVA for reconsideration pursuant to this opinion.
Appellant was in active service in the Armed Forces from March 26, 1951, to January 6, 1966. For approximately sixteen days, from May 15, 1953, to May 30, 1953, he was assigned temporary duty to attend Exercise Desert Rock Shot V-10, known as “Grable.” This was the tenth in a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jose Garcia-Ramos v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Gott v. WaltersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Douglas v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- Simon v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- Moore v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Douglas v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- Spencer v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
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