SNYDER v. McDONOUGH

2020-2168.

1 F.4th 996 (2021)

Joseph J. SNYDER, Claimant-Appellant v. Denis MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Ann Zajac , Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by Linda E. Blauhut .

Kyle Shane Beckrich , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by Jeffrey B. Clark , Elizabeth Marie Hosford , Robert Edward Kirschman, Jr. ; Brian D. Griffin , Derek Scadden , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before Taranto, Linn, and Chen, Circuit Judges.


Joseph Snyder served in the U.S. Army for less than 50 days in 1974—during the Vietnam era, a "period of war," 38 C.F.R. § 3.2(f)—his service ending with an honorable discharge when a knee injury rendered him unfit. Four decades later, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He sought...

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