Legal Opinion
Hilkert v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided July 16, 1998No. 96-208PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge, filed the opinion of the Court. HOLDAWAY, Judge, filed a dissenting opinion.
STEINBERG, Judge:
The appellant, Lois E. Hilkert, the widow of World War II veteran Frank T. Hilkert, appeals through counsel a January 19, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) concluding that the veteran’s cause of death was not connected to his *287service and therefore denying the appellant’s claim for Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1310. Record (R.) at 4-5. The appellant filed a motion for remand and to accept…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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