Legal Opinion
Crisanto v. Soria, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 1, 1997No. 97-7036PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Crisanto' V. Soria seeks review of the December 31, 1996, decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, Docket No. 95-1019, determining that Mr. Soria had no qualifying service for purposes of claiming veterans’ benefits. This court affirms.
BACKGROUND
In November 1990, Mr. Soria filed a claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeking veterans’ benefits based on his three years of service with the Philippine Commonwealth Army. VA regulations allow Philippine veterans to claim such benefits, but only if their service is documented or verified by the…
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