Legal Opinion
Hickson v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided March 16, 1999No. 96-1669PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARLEY, Judge:
On November 27, 1996, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) issued a decision which (1) incorporated by reference a 1995 Board determination that new and material evidence had been presented to reopen a claim for service connection for a lower back condition, and (2) found that the appellant had failed to submit a well-grounded claim for that condition. On August 17,1998, the Court affirmed the BVA decision to the extent that it disallowed the claim, but held that the BVA had incorrectly determined that new and material evidence had been presented to reopen the claim.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Colvin v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Caluza v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1995
- Allday v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1995
- Murphy v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- Lewis Hodge, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by138 opinions
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