Legal Opinion
Deloach v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 30, 2013No. 2011-7147, 2011-7166PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNA, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, the veterans claim that their current disabilities are connected to injuries sustained during their military service. In both cases, the veterans’ medical records contained at least one physician’s report opining that the claimed disabilities were service-connected and at least one ambiguous or inconclusive report declining to confirm such a nexus. The Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) relied upon these latter medical opinions in denying the veterans entitlement to service-connected disability benefits, and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals…
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