Andrews v. United States

This is a suit by an Air Force Reserve officer who alleges a service-connected disability of more than 30 percent at the time of his release from active service.

Plaintiff seeks disability retired pay of a lieutenant colonel with over 12 years’ service to which he claims to be entitled pursuant to section 402(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 802, 816, as amended 37 U.S.C. 272 (1952 ed.).1

The primary question involved is whether the Air Force Disability Appeal Board was arbitrary and capricious or unsupported by substantial evidence in reducing the rating of plaintiff’s…