United States Federal Circuit

Where underlying facts of the two claims pending before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims are intimately connected because both claims hinge on a single decision regarding a claim for service connection, the claimant must appeal both together.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/18/2001
• Published 01/18/2001

Judges

• PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth M. Carpenter,Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deborah P. Samuel, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and Kirk T. Manhardt, Assistant Director.   Of counsel on the brief were Richard J. Hipolit, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC, and Martie Adelman, Attorney.   Of counsel was Donald E. Zeglin.