Legal Opinion
Vazquez-Flores v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 4, 2009No. 2008-7150, 2008-7115PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs appeals two related judgments from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”). Because the parties make substantially identical arguments, we address the appeals together. Veterans Angel Vazquez-Flores and Michael R. Schultz each applied for an increased rating for them service-connected disabilities. Their regional offices (“ROs”) denied the claims, and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) affirmed in both cases. On appeal to the Veterans Court, the veterans argued that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”)…
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