Fletcher v. Derwinski

HOLDAWAY, Associate Judge:

This case concerns an appeal of a Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision that the veteran’s industrial impairment was only “considerable” and, hence, he was not entitled to more than a 50-percent rating for his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We remand to the BVA because the BVA decision of August 17, 1989, fails to comply with the “reasons or bases” requirement of 38 U.S.C. § 7104(d)(1) (formerly § 4004). See Gilbert v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 49, 56 (1990); Webster v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 155, 158 (1991).

Appellant was on active…