United States Federal Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' (Veterans Court) decision finding that claimant's husband did not die from a service-connected or compensable disability is vacated and remanded as the Veterans Court ignored the precedent of the circuit court and incorrectly interpreted 38 U.S.C. section 1154 to require a medical opinion to prove a nexus between a veteran's death and in-service disease.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2009
• Published 09/14/2009

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Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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