Hilkert v. West

STEINBERG, Judge, with whom KRAMER, Judge, joins,

concurring in part and dissenting in part:

The appellant, the widow of a World War II veteran, appeals through counsel a January 19, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) concluding that the veteran’s cause of death was not connected to his service and therefore denying her claim for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1310. Record (R.) at 4-5. On July 16, 1998, this Court, by a divided panel, vacated the BVA decision and remanded the matter for…