Kessel v. West

*12FARLEY, Judge, filed the opinion of the Court, STEINBERG and KRAMER, Judges, filed a dissenting opinion.

FARLEY, Judge:

This is an appeal from an April 8, 1998, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied the appellant’s claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury with syncope (a faint or swoon), and possible brain lesion. Record (R.) at 2; see also Dorland’s Illustrated Medioal Dictionary (Dorland’s) 1628 (27th ed.1988). This appeal is timely, and the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). Oral argument was held on July 27, 1999, and…