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O'BRIEN v. WILKIE

2019-1072.

948 F.3d 1339 (2020)

Dennis M. O'BRIEN, Claimant-Appellant v. Robert WILKIE, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: January 31, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Attig , Attig Steel, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, argued for claimant-appellant.

Rebecca Sarah Kruser , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by Joseph H. Hunt , Claudia Burke , Robert Edward Kirschman, Jr. ; Christopher O. Adeloye , Brian D. Griffin , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before Wallach, Clevenger, and Hughes, Circuit Judges.

This is a veterans' benefits case. Mr. Dennis O'Brien appeals a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims finding him ineligible to receive additional disability compensation as the legal guardian of his grandson, D.B. Because D.B. does not qualify as Mr. O'Brien's dependent under the benefits-granting statute...

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