United States Ninth Circuit
NEHMER v. VETERANS' ADMIN. OF THE US, 01-15325
The VA is required to provide retroactive benefits to any class member who submitted a claim after May 3, 1989, based on disease that is service connected under the Agent Orange Act, even if such claims were originally denied under valid regulations.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/11/2002
- Decided 04/01/2002
- Published 04/01/2002
Judges
- D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before D.W. NELSON, NOONAN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Stuart E. Schiffer,Robert S. Mueller, III, United States Attorney, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants., William Kanter, John. S. Koppel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants., Barton F. Stichman, Louis J. George, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Washington, DC, for the plaintiffs-appellees.