United States Federal Circuit

The Veterans Court correctly upheld the legality of the Department of Veteran Affairs regulation expressly limiting the earliest effective date for reopened claims, and the denial of an earlier effective date for service-connection benefits to appellant was affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2003
• Published 11/20/2003

Judges

• Before MICHEL, CLEVENGER, 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:
  
• Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With him on the brief was David M. Cohen, Director.