Court Opinion

ID: 9451553
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:19:30.231364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:47.719091
License: Public Domain

LARAMORE, Judge
(dissenting):
I respectfully dissent for this reason: To recover, plaintiff must prove that at the time of his release he was not only unfit for service but that his incapacity was service-connected.
I think plaintiff has failed in his burden to prove that he in fact had a permanent incapacitating herniated disc at the time of his release. All the medical findings merely disclose that he had a probable herniated disc. Under these circumstances I cannot say that the action of the Secretary of the Navy, acting through the Naval Retiring Review Board and the Board for Correction of Naval Records, was arbitrary, capricious, erroneous in law, or contrary to the evidence. Accordingly, I would dismiss plaintiff’s petition.