Legal Opinion
Shea v. Wilkie
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 20, 2019No. 2018-1735PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taranto, Circuit Judge.
Kerry Shea served in the United States Air Force. In 2007, she filed an application with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for disability benefits, expressly reciting physical injuries she sustained from an in-service truck accident. In 2008, she expressly sought disability benefits for a psychiatric condition connected to her military *1364service. VA granted benefits for both physical and psychiatric conditions, but when Ms. Shea argued for a 2007 effective date for the psychiatric-disability benefits on the ground that her 2007 application presented an informal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lewis Hodge, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Howard F. Roberson, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- James E. Szemraj, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Robinson v. ShinsekiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- Scott v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2015
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