United States Federal Circuit

In a dispute involving disability compensation, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' judgment against plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff lacks standing to be substituted as a party for her deceased husband as the withdrawal of the Veterans Court's decision in her husband's appeal will not adversely affect plaintiff; and 2) nunc pro tunc effect cannot be given to the court's earlier decision on an appeal taken by plaintiff's deceased husband for which a decision was issued but judgment was not yet entered prior to his death, because since substitution is inappropriate, nunc pro tunc relief is also unavailable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2009
• Published 05/27/2009

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• United States Federal Circuit

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