Legal Opinion
Comer v. Peake
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 16, 2009No. 2008-7013PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
Leroy Comer appeals the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims which held that he had not properly raised the issue of whether he was entitled to an earlier effective date for total disability based on individual unemployability (“TDIU”) benefits. See Comer v. Nicholoson, No. 05-1462, 2007 WL 2034306, 2007 U.S.App.Vet. Claims LEX IS 1083 (Vet.App. July 6, 2007) (“2007 Veterans Court Decision”). Because we conclude that the court misinterpreted Roberson v. Principi, 251 F.3d 1378 (Fed.Cir.2001), when it held that the duty to sympathetically and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by77 opinions
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