NYEHOLT v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

No. 01-7107.

298 F.3d 1350 (2002)

Thomas M. NYEHOLT, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Wedemeyer, Wedemeyer & Prangley, of Santa Ana, CA, argued for petitioner.

James H. Holl, III, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, argued for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General; David M. Cohen, Director; and Franklin E. White, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Donald E. Zeglin, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Martie Adelman, Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and LINN, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Thomas M. Nyeholt petitions this court under 38 U.S.C. § 502 for review of the recently amended portion of the Schedule for Rating Disabilities in 38 C.F.R. § 4.114 addressing disabilities of the liver, Diagnostic Code ("DC") 7351. Nyeholt asserts that DC 7351 is unconstitutionally vague, and as a result requests that it be declared invalid. Because we conclude that Nyeholt's challenge is without merit, we deny his petition.

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