Legal Opinion
Joseph Martinak v. R. James Nicholson
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 23, 2007No. 05-1195PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANCE, Judge:
The appellant, Joseph Martinak, appeals a January 7, 2005, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision. Record (R.) at 1-25. In that decision, the Board denied an initial disability rating higher than 10% for the appellant’s service-connected bilateral tinnitus. The Board also denied a compensable disability rating for the appellant’s service-connected chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and bilateral hearing loss. The appellant has withdrawn his appeal of his bilateral tinnitus claim in light of Smith v. Nicholson, 451 F.3d 1344 (Fed.Cir.2006). The Court will,…
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