Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Nicholson
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 16, 2007No. 2006-7092PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs appeals a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) that vacated and remanded a decision by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) denying Patricia D. Simmons’s claim for service connection for hearing loss in her right ear and for an increased rating for hearing loss in her left ear. Simmons v. Nicholson, No. 03-1731, 2005 WL 3312625 (Vet.App. Dec. 1, 2005). Because the Veterans Court properly placed the burden on the Secretary to establish that an error in a notice the Department of Veterans…
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