Legal Opinion
O'Bryan v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 20, 2014No. 2014-7027PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Marcus W. O’Bryan (“O’Bryan”) appeals from a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans ■Court”). The Veterans Court affirmed a 2011 decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) that found no clear and unmistakable error (“CUE”) in a 1980 Board decision to deny Mr. O’Bryan disability benefits based on Leber’s optic atrophy (“Leber’s”). O’Bryan v. Shinseki, No. 11-2584, 2013 WL 2631003, at *1 (Vet.App. June 12, 2013). Because the Veterans Court misinterpreted the law on when a congenital or developmental condition is a non-compensable…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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