BARNETT v. BROWN

No. 95-7058.

83 F.3d 1380 (1996)

Flora L. BARNETT, Claimant-Appellant, v. Jesse BROWN, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda E. Blauhut, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief were Michael P. Horan and William S. Mailander.

Jennifer M. Hong, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director and Joseph A. Kijewski, Assistant Director. Also on the brief were Richard J. Hipolit, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and David J. Barrans, Staff Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.


MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Flora L. Barnett appeals the April 13, 1995 decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals ("CVA"), Barnett v. Brown, 8 Vet.App. 1 (1995), affirming the September 13, 1993 decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals ("Board") declining to reopen her claim for benefits that may be due a surviving spouse or to further consider its prior determination of no service connection of her husband's death on the ground that no new and material...

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