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SIMPSON v. SHINSEKI

No. 2011-7096.

HARPER J. SIMPSON, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARPER J. SIMPSON , Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, pro se.

MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY , Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were TONY WEST , Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON , Director, and TODD M, HUGHES , Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief was MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI , Deputy Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before DYK, CLEVENGER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.

This order is nonprecedential

PER CURIAM.

Harper Simpson is a Vietnam hero who sustained various injuries during the Vietnam War. This case concerns his claim for increased disability benefits pursuant to post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). Mr. Simpson appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") that affirmed the denial of his PTSD claim for an extraschedular rating. Simpson v. Shinseki, No. 09-1566, 2010...

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