YATES v. WEST

No. 00-7014.

213 F.3d 1372 (2000)

Steven M. YATES, Claimant-Appellant, v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 16, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Yates, pro se of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Michael S. Dufault, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Kathryn A. Bleecker, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Richard J. Hipolit, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Sheldon Bolasny, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before MICHEL, LOURIE, and RADER, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Steven P. Yates appeals from the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals denying Yates' claim of clear and unmistakable error in a 1976 Department of Veterans Affairs regional office ("RO") claim decision. See Yates v. West, No. 98-1336, 1999 WL 542182 (July 21, 1999). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Yates served in the military from 1968...

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