Regis M. Quirin v. Eric K. Shinseki
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
1Opinion of the Court
LANCE, Judge:
The appellant, Regis M. Quirin, appeals through counsel a May 10, 2006, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) denying entitlement to service connection for optic atrophy under 38 U.S.C. § 1131. The parties each filed briefs and the appellant filed a reply brief. For the reasons that follow, the Court will vacate and remand the May 10, 2006, Board decision.
I. FACTS
The appellant served in the U.S. Army from January 1953 to March 1955. Record (R.) at 12. In April 1951, 21 months prior to his enlistment, he reported for an Armed Forces Physical Examination and was “FOUND…
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