EBANKS v. SHULKIN

2017-1277.

877 F.3d 1037 (2017)

Elon L. EBANKS, Claimant-Appellant v. David J. SHULKIN, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: December 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK RYAN LIPPMAN , The Veterans Law Group, La Jolla, CA, argued for claimant-appellant.

WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER , ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. , MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.   Y. KEN LEE , MARTIN J. SENDEK , BRYAN THOMPSON , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before Dyk, Linn, and Hughes, Circuit Judges.


Elon Ebanks filed a claim for veterans benefits for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, hearing loss, tinnitus, and arthritis. His claim for an increased disability rating was denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") Regional Office ("RO") on October 9, 2014, and on December 3 he sought review by the Board...

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