United States Federal Circuit

In a matter involving the widow of an admiral that passed away in 1975, a Board of Veterans' Appeals' determination that claimant was not entitled to an effective date earlier than November 1, 1994, for dependency and indemnity compensation is affirmed as the Veterans Court neither misinterpreted Moody v. Principi, 360 F.3d 1306 (Fed. Cir. 2004), nor committed harmful error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Healy Bonner, of Great Falls, Virginia, argued for claimant-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leslie Cayer Ohta, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.   With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Bryant G. Snee, Assistant Director.   Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Jamie L. Mueller, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.