Legal Opinion
Sears v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 20, 2002No. 99-1390PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IVERS, Judge, filed the opinion of the Court. STEINBERG, Judge, filed a concurring opinion.
IVERS, Judge:
Veteran Virgil G. Lawton, through his legal custodian, the appellant, Marian Sears, appeals a May 25, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board), which denied an effective date earlier than October 26, 1995, for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The May 1999 BVA decision remanded the matter of service connection for a skin disorder, and that part of the decision has not been raised to the Court on this appeal. Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a),…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Flora L. Barnett, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
- Thompson v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Donald G. Spencer, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Hanson v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1996
- Spencer v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Marian Sears, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Thomas L. Bingham v. Anthony J. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2004
- Antonio Pacheco v. Sloan D. GibsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2014
- Glenn H. Jackson v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2005
- Larry E. Leonard v. Anthony J. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2004
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