Gerard Cullen v. Eric K. Shinseki

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that service connection of a disability and degree of disability are separate elements of disability benefits
• holding that within a particular DC, a claimant is not entitled to more than one disability rating for a single disability unless the regulation expressly provides otherwise
• describing DeLuca’s holding as “requir[ing] that the disabling effect of painful motion be considered when rating joint disabilities”
• Court rejected argument that one disability manifesting in multiple symptoms could receive two separate ratings within a particular diagnostic code
• within a particular diagnostic code, a claimant is not entitled to more than one disability rating for a single disability unless the regulation expressly provides otherwise
• within a particular diagnostic code, a claimant is not entitled to more than one disability rating for a single disability unless the regulation expressly provides otherwise

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).