CARTER v. McDONOUGH

2021-2077.

46 F.4th 1356 (2022)

Thomas S. CARTER, Claimant-Appellant v. Denis MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: August 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Dojaquez , Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

Matthew Jude Carhart , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by Brian M. Boynton , Patricia M. McCarthy , Loren Misha Preheim ; Christopher O. Adeloye , Y. Ken Lee , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before Moore, Chief Judge, Prost and Hughes, Circuit Judges.


Thomas S. Carter appeals from a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming a Board of Veterans' Appeals decision denying Mr. Carter service connection for a head injury. Because the Veterans Court did not commit legal error in concluding that Mr. Carter's injury was the result of his own willful...

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