CAVC Case 98-572: PTSD

CAVCReal U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decision · December 19, 2002 · KRAMER, Chief Judge

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Outcome
Affirmed / Granted
Decision Date
December 19, 2002
Judge
KRAMER, Chief Judge
Service Era
January 1963 to January 1970

Conditions Claimed

PTSDPsychiatricBackHeartEye

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Issues on Appeal

PTSDPsychiatricBackHeartEye

Why It Was Decided This Way

The following month, the RO informed the appellant by letter that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim that was denied by the RO on February 24, 1981.

The Board found that the evidence did not demonstrate that the appellant suffered from a psychiatric disorder, i.

The RO replied by letter informing the appellant that the Board's July 1990 denial of his claim had become final and that he would need to submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim.

In June 1993, the RO determined that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen the appellant's claim.

At the June 1995 hearing, the appellant repeatedly stated that the new and material evidence issue was not on appeal and indicated that he was only appealing the CUE issue.

In its March 13, 1997, decision on appeal, the Board noted that the appellant had withdrawn the new-and-material-evidence issue from appellate consideration in his 1995 hearing.

The Board found that the 1981, 1982, and 1984 RO decisions were subsumed by the 1990 BVA decision, and, therefore, were not subject to revision on the basis of CUE as a matter of law.

The appellant also contends that his claim must be remanded because the Board failed to address his allegation that the RO committed CUE by giving him improper advice to reopen his claim, rather than file an NOD, after the January 1981 denial of his claim, and because the RO's misleading advice amounted to a due process violation that rendered the RO's decisions nonfinal pursuant to Hayre v.

Authorities Cited

Bailey v. WestBaldwin v. PrincipiBernklau v. PrincipiDela Cruz v. PrincipiDittrich v. WestDonovan v. GoberDonovan v. WestDuran v. BrownEngelke v. GoberHayre v. PrincipiHayre v. WestIn Brown v. WestIn Donovan v. WestIn Livesay v. PrincipiLinville v. WestLosh v. BrownManning v. WestMayer v. BrownMorris v. PrincipiMorris v. WestPatterson v. BrownSee Romero v. BrownSee Russell v. PrincipiSee Smith v. GoberSmith v. BrownSmith v. GoberTimberlake v. Gober

Regulations Cited (38 CFR / 38 USC)

38 CFR 20.1000(a) (1999)38 CFR 3.105(a)38 USC 7103(c)38 USC 7111

Denial Type

Not New Material|Duty To Assist|Cue

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