United States Federal Circuit

Judgments of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying claimants' claims for dependency and indemnity compensation are affirmed, where the Veterans Court correctly determined that state law, including state law evidentiary burdens, must be applied in determining the validity of a purported common law marriage.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2013
• Published 07/16/2013

Judges

• MAYER

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel