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LYNCH v. McDONOUGH

2020-2067.

999 F.3d 1391 (2021)

Joe A. LYNCH, Claimant-Appellant v. Denis McDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 3, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Ryan Lippman , The Veterans Law Group, Poway, CA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by Kenneth M. Carpenter , Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS; Adam R. Luck , Gloverluck, LLP, Dallas, TX.

Evan Wisser , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by Eric P. Bruskin , Jeffrey B. Clark , Robert Edward Kirschman, Jr ; Christopher O. Adeloye , Y. Ken Lee , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Melanie L. Bostwick , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. Also represented by John B. Wells , Law Office of John B. Wells, Slidell, LA.

Stanley Joseph Panikowski, III , DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA, for amici curiae Swords to Plowshares, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. Also represented by Edward Hanover , East Palo Alto, CA; Jesse Medlong , San Francisco, CA.

Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Prost, Circuit Judges.

Joe A. Lynch appeals the final decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") affirming the Board of Veterans' Appeals' ("Board") denial of his claim for a disability rating greater than 30% for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). Lynch v. Wilkie, No. 19-3106...

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