Legal Opinion
Samuel D. Butler, Jr. v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 25, 1992No. 91-7065PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Chief Judge.
Samuel D. Butler, Jr., appeals from the order of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, 1 Vet.App. 617 (April 5,1991), dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, his appeal from the decision by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals denying his claim for service connected injuries. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1943, Butler contracted spinal meningitis while serving active duty in the Army Air Force. He was awarded an entitlement to service connection for an organic brain syndrome and began receiving service-connected pension benefits in 1978. His entitlement to service connection was…
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