Court of Claims· 6/21/1991

Kirwin v. United States

Citations

23 Cl. Ct. 497
1991 U.S. Claims LEXIS 255
1991 WL 110912

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holding that plaintiff’s temporary disability between 1982–83 “is irrelevant to the question of … fitness for duty at the time of discharge in 1978”
noting that the standard of review of a correction board’s decision “does not require a reweighing of the evidence”
“[Tjhat the VA retroactively applied plaintiffs 100% disability rating only to 1982, and not 1978, gives some indication that plaintiff was not suffering from PTSD at the time of his discharge.”
“For purposes of this paragraph, an officer will be considered to have been the subject of elimination proceedings only if allegations against the officer were acted on by a Board of Inquiry convened under this chapter.

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Judges: Lydon

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