United States Federal Circuit

The Board of Veterans' Appeals' denial of regional office jurisdiction to review an October 1984 rating action was properly affirmed, because a February 1987 board decision subsumed the October 1984 action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 11/21/2002

Judges

• MAYER, Chief Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, RADER and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas D. Dinackus, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With him on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and Kathryn A. Bleecker, Assistant Director.   Of counsel on the brief were Richard J. Hipolit, Deputy Assistant General Counsel;  and Y. Ken Lee, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.