Legal Opinion
Az v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 30, 2013No. 2012-7046, 2012-7048PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge DYK. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MOORE.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Veterans AZ and AY filed claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) seeking disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) alleged to have resulted from sexual assaults that occurred during service. The veterans’ service records do not reflect any reports of the alleged sexual assaults. The VA Regional Office (“RO”), Board of Veterans’ Claims (“Board”), and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (‘Veterans Court”) rejected the claims in part on…
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