Legal Opinion
Alma L. Ramey v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 10, 1997No. 96-7055PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Vernon L. Ramey served in the United States Army during the Second World War and was exposed to ionizing radiation at Nagasaki, Japan, following the detonation of an atomic bomb there. In January 1980, Mr. Ramey died of cancer. His widow, appellant Alma L. Ramey, subsequently filed an application for dependency and indemnity compensation with the Department of Veterans Affairs (“DVA”). The DVA denied her application. After exhausting her administrative remedies, she appealed to the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, which upheld the denial of her claim for…
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