VAZQUEZ-CLAUDIO v. SHINSEKI

No. 2012-7114.

713 F.3d 112 (2013)

Genaro VAZQUEZ-CLAUDIO, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Laughton , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief were Ronald L. Smith and Lillian M. Robinson.

Eric P. Bruskin , Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson , Director, and Scott D. Austin , Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski , Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Martie Adelman , Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before MOORE, CLEVENGER, and O'MALLEY, Circuit Judges.


CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.

Genaro Vazquez-Claudio appeals a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") which affirmed a denial by the Board of Veterans' Appeals ("Board") of Vazquez-Claudio's claim for an initial disability rating greater than 50 percent for his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). Genaro Vazquez-Claudio v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, No. 10-3339, 2012 WL 738573...

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