Legal Opinion

Young v. Derwinski

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Decided January 9, 1992No. 90-53PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

On November 3, 1989, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) ruled that the appellant, Ellen Rolby Young, was not entitled to the proceeds of the National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) policy of her deceased ex-*60husband, George Rolby, Sr. (the veteran). Because we hold that the BVA did not clearly err in finding that the veteran had changed the beneficiary on his NSLI policy from the appellant to the “administrator” of his estate, George Rolby, Jr., we affirm.

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While serving in the United States Army in March 1943, the veteran contracted for an NSLI policy in the amount of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
  3. Mrs. Myrtle S. Hammack (Watson) v. Dolly Ann HammackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Karen Gordon v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2007
  2. Fagan v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1999
  3. Wolfe v. GoberUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1997
  4. Curtis v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998
  5. Jones v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994

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