Legal Opinion
Hudgens v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 18, 2016No. 2015-7030PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Hudgens appeals from the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”). That court (1) held that Mr. Hudgens is not entitled to compensation for his prosthetic knee replacement under 38 C.F.R. § 4.71a, Diagnostic Code 5055 (“DC 5055”); (2) vacated and remanded the decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) denying Mr. Hudgens a disability rating of greater than 10 percent for degenerative joint disease in the right knee; (3) vacated and remanded the decision of the Board denying entitlement to a compensable disability rating for…
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