MANSFIELD v. PEAKE

No. 2007-7282.

525 F.3d 1312 (2008)

Jack R. MANSFIELD, Sr., Claimant-Appellant, v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Walsh, of Battle Creek, Michigan, argued for claimant-appellant.

David A. Harrington, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson, Director; and Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

Jack R. Mansfield, Sr. appeals the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") that affirmed the decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals ("Board") that June 11, 1993 is the earliest effective date for Mr. Mansfield's award of Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151. Mansfield v. Nicholson, No. 05-1165, 2007 WL 1599726 (Vet.App. May 16, 2007). Because the Veterans...

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