Legal Opinion
Wandel v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided April 7, 1998No. 94-1110PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Chief Judge:
The appellant, Hazel Wandel, appeals an August 18, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied service connection for the cause of the veteran’s death due to exposure to ionizing radiation. Upon consideration of the record on appeal and the briefs of the parties, the Court will affirm the Board’s decision for the following reasons.
I. FACTS
The veteran, Gene Simmons, served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from January 1946 to November 1947. Record (R.) at 44, 53. His service records reflect that he was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Shangri-La…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Justus v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
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3Cited by5 opinions
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