Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Wilkie
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 3, 2018No. 2017-1466PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O'Malley, Circuit Judge.
*1358 Melba Saunders appeals from a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("the Veterans Court") denying her entitlement to disability benefits based on her reported pain from bilateral knee disorders. Saunders v. McDonald , No. 15-0975, 2016 WL 3002862 (Vet. App. May 25, 2016) ( Saunders I ), aff'd , 2016 WL 4258493 (Vet. App. Aug. 12, 2016) ( Saunders II ) (affirmed by a three-judge panel). The Veterans Court erred as a matter of law in finding that Saunders's pain alone, absent a specific diagnosis or otherwise identified disease or injury,…
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