This morning the Federal Circuit a precedential opinion in a veterans case, along with two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here is the introduction to the opinion, along with links to the orders.
Steele v. Collins (Precedential)
Veteran Kevin Steele appeals the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”), affirming the decision by the Board of Veterans Appeals (“Board”) awarding an effective date no earlier than March 6, 2013, for service connected headaches. Because neither the Board nor the Veterans Court legally erred by holding that Steele’s 1991 claim for headaches was implicitly denied and therefore finally adjudicated in 1991, we affirm.