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YOUNG v. GOBER

No. 96-7054.

121 F.3d 662 (1997)

Francis E. YOUNG, Claimant-Appellant, v. Hershel W. GOBER, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Smith, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, DC, argued, for claimant-appellant. With him on the brief was Stephen L. Purcell.

William K. Olivier, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, 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. Of counsel on the brief were Donald E. Zeglin, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Nicole Sideris, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before RICH, PLAGER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.

RICH, Circuit Judge.

Francis E. Young (Young) appeals from the May 14, 1996 decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals (CVA), affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) denying Young status as a former prisoner of war (POW) as defined by 38 U.S.C. § 101(32) (1994), and 38 C.F.R. § 3.1(y) (1996). Young v. Brown, 9 Vet.App. 141 (1996). We affirm the decision of the CVA.

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