Legal Opinion

Kisor v. Shulkin

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided September 7, 2017No. 2016-1929PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

James L. Kisor, a veteran, appeals the January 27, 2016 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) in Kisor v. McDonald, No. 14-2811, 2016 WL 337517 (Vet. App. Jan. 27, 2016). In that decision, the Veterans Court affirmed the April 29, 2014 decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) denying Mr. Kisor entitlement to an effective date earlier than June 5, 2006, for the grant of service connection for his post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”). Kisor, 2016 WL 337517, at *1. We affirm.

Background

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The pertinent facts are as…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Auer v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Christensen v. Harris CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Henderson v. ShinsekiSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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  5. Kisor v. WilkieCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2020

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