Legal Opinion
Kernea v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 1, 2013No. 2012-7142PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Flora L. Kernea appeals from a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”), which affirmed a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) denying Ms. Kernea’s claim for enhanced dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1311(a)(2). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Ms. Kernea is the widow of Donald E. Kernea, a veteran of World War II who was honorably discharged from the Navy in April 1945 after being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. At the time of his discharge, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) found Mr. Kernea’s…
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