Legal Opinion
Smith v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided June 10, 2003No. 01-623PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of a December 12, 2000, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) that, inter alia, granted a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rating of 10% (but no higher) effective June 10, 1999, for service-connected bilateral tinnitus pursuant to Diagnostic Code (DC) 6260 but denied a VA compensable disability rating prior to that date. Record (R.) at 3; see 38 C.F.R. § 4.87, DC 6260 (1999, 2000). Prior to June 10, 1999, DC 6260 provided for a 10% rating for tinnitus where it was “[p]ersistent as a symptom of head injury, eoncussion[,]…
3Cases cited17 opinions
- Brown v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Kutscherousky v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1999
- Good Samaritan Hospital v. ShalalaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Stegall v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998
- Fletcher v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
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4Cited by8 opinions
- Ellis C. Smith, Claimant-Appellee v. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
- Jacob Wanner and King L. Wright, Claimants-Appellees v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Ellis C. Smith v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2005
- Ellis C. Smith v. Anthony J. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2004
- Ellis C. Smith v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2005
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