Legal Opinion
Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 14, 2017No. 2016-1493PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Disabled American Veterans (“DAV”) petitions for review of provisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (“VA”) Adjudication Procedures Manual M21-1 (“M21-1 Manual”). We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
Background
38 U.S.C. § 1117 provides presumptive service connection for veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War with a qualifying chronic disability. The statute articulates three types of qualifying chronic disabilities: (a) an undiagnosed illness; (b) a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (“MUCMI”); and (c) any diagnosed illness as determined by the…
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