SPENCER v. BROWN

No. 93-7073.

17 F.3d 368 (1994)

Donald G. SPENCER, Claimant-Appellant, v. Jesse BROWN, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

February 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Horan, Paralyzed Veterans of America, of Washington, D.C., argued for claimant-Appellant.

John K. Lapiana, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C., argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director and Anthony H. Anikeeff, Assistant Director. Also on the brief were Donald E. Zeglin, Deputy Assistant, General Counsel and Kerwin E. Miller, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before RICH and LOURIE, Circuit Judges, and MESKILL, Senior Circuit Judge.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Donald G. Spencer appeals from the judgment of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals denying Spencer's claim for compensation for an alleged service-connected disability. Spencer v. Brown, 4 Vet. App. 283 (1993). Because the Board was not required to review his claim de novo and Spencer failed to present new and material evidence warranting the reopening of his claim...

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