WILSON v. MANSFIELD

No. 2007-7099.

506 F.3d 1055 (2007)

Douglas M. WILSON, Claimant-Appellant, v. Gordon H. MANSFIELD, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Senior Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Acting Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, Brian M. Simkin, Assistant Director, and Phyllis Jo Baunach, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Michael G. Daugherty, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Before RADER, Circuit Judge, CLEVENGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and DYK, Circuit Judge.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Douglas M. Wilson ("Wilson") appeals from a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court"). The Veterans Court affirmed a decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals ("Board") denying Wilson's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability. Wilson claims that the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") failed to provide the notice required by 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a) (2000). We affirm.

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