Brown v. Principi

I concur in the disposition of this case and write separately to offer my individual views on the appellant’s underlying claim. In his motion for reconsideration, the appellant had argued, inter alia, that a VA regional office (RO) in 1947 should have rated his service-connected injury to Muscle Group (MG) 19 as 50% disabling based on the requirements of the Note on page 44 [hereinafter Note] of the 1945 edition of the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities [hereinafter 1945 Rating Schedule] (Record (R.) at 1266). Motion at 1-5.

The appellant served on active duty in the U.S. Army from May 1944…