Legal Opinion
Sursely v. Peake
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 7, 2009No. 2008-7090PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
Claimant-Appellant James E. Sursely appeals a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) affirming a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) that denied his claim for two separate clothing allowances pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1162. See Sursely v. Peake, 22 Vet.App. 21 (2007). The central issue in this case is whether proper interpretation of the statute requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (“Secretary”) to award more than one clothing allowance to a veteran suffering from multiple service-connected disabilities requiring…
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