Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided November 26, 1996No. 94-1080PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
The appellant, World War II veteran Robert E. Sutton, appeals a September 12, 1994, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision denying service connection for rheumatic heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis, including spondylitis. Record (R.) at 29. For the reasons that follow, the Court will vacate the BVA decision and remand the matter to the Board for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. Background
The veteran had active service in the U.S. Navy from July 1942 to January 1943. R. at 52. A report of an induction physical examination in July 1942 did…
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