ALDRIDGE v. McDONALD

2015-7115.

837 F.3d 1261 (2016)

Marion ALDRIDGE, Claimant-Appellant v. Robert A. McDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: September 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NATALIE A. BENNETT , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by LEIGH J. MARTINSON , Boston, MA.

IGOR HELMAN , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER , ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. , MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR ; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN , JONATHAN KRISCH , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.


Marion Aldridge appeals the final decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") that dismissed as untimely his appeal from a final decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals ("Board"). Aldridge v. McDonald, 27 Vet.App. 392, 394 (Vet. App. 2015). We affirm.

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