United States Federal Circuit

The US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims erred when it applied the Veterans Claims Assistance Act retroactively to a disability-compensation proceeding that was final per 38 U.S.C. section 7103(a).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2004
• Published 04/09/2004

Judges

• MAYER, Chief Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald L. Smith, Disabled Americans, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory T. Jaeger, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-cross appellant.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and Todd M. Hughes, Assistant Director.   Of counsel on the brief were Richard J. Hipolit, Deputy Assistant General Counsel;  and Martie Adelman, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.