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The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is commonly referred to as the Veterans Court, USCAVC, or simply CAVC. The court was previously known as the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, but was changed to the current name by the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act on March 1, 1999 (Pub.L. No. 105-368). [3]
Pages in category "United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims cases" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Barr vs. Nicholson is a United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims case that dealt with the competence of a Veteran's lay testimony to provide lay evidence. The court held that lay evidence can be competent depending on the type of disability claimed by a claimant.
James W. Brammer appealed a September 13, 1990, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) decision which denied reopening his claim for service connection for spinal meningitis. BVA also determined that the Veteran was not entitled to service connection for residuals of frozen feet. Mr. Brammer was a combat Veteran of World War II and served in Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland ...
Navy veteran John Colage, 62, is currently fighting his case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, arguing that the VA convoluted the law to justify recouping SSB payouts.
The Court, while pointing out that the Board of Veterans Appeals is not bound by the Federal Rules of Evidence, noted that the rules on expert witness testimony are useful in determining probative value as it pertains to medical opinions. Specifically, the Court laid out this framework, from the Federal Rules of Evidence, [6] as a guide:
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Decided: February 25, 1994: Citation: 6 Vet. App. 259 (1994) Case history; Appealed from: Board of Veterans Appeals:
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims cases (10 P) Pages in category "United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims" This category contains only the following page.