Legal Opinion
Austin v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided July 7, 1994No. 93-130PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Judge:
Appellant, Dorothy M. Austin, appeals the January 12, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied service connection for the cause of her husband’s death. This Court has jurisdiction under 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). For the reasons set forth below, the Court vacates the January 12, 1993, BVA decision and remands the matter for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. Background
Appellant’s husband was a veteran of World War II. R. at 108. During service in 1944, the veteran sustained injuries to, inter alia, his left chest and abdomen when he was…
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