ROBERSON v. PRINCIPI

No. 00-7009.

251 F.3d 1378 (2001)

Howard F. ROBERSON, Claimant-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED May 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

Kenneth S. Kessler, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were David M. Cohen, Director; and Robert E. Kirschman, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Donald E. Zeglin, Acting Assistant General Counsel; and Martie Adelman, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before GAJARSA, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.


LINN, Circuit Judge.

DECISION

Howard F. Roberson appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the Board of Veterans Appeals' ("Board") decision that a 1984 rating decision did not involve clear and unmistakable error ("CUE"). See Roberson v. West, No. 97-1971, 1999 WL 757099 (Vet.App. July 27, 1999). We hold that once a veteran submits evidence of a medical disability and makes a claim for the highest...

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