In an action involving the appropriate disability rating for a veteran, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’ judgment upholding the finding that plaintiff’s disorders had properly been rated together is affirmed where 38 C.F.R. sec. 4.14 prohibits separately rating the same symptoms merely because those symptoms have multiple causes.
Read Amberman v. Shinseki, No. 08-7111
Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Decided June 29, 2009
JudgesBefore LOURIE, GAJARSA, and PROST, Circuit Judges.Opinion by GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
CounselFor Appellant: Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, Topeka, Kansas.
For Respondent: L. Misha Preheim, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
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