BATCHER v. WILKIE

2019-2116.

975 F.3d 1333 (2020)

John J. BATCHER, Claimant-Appellant v. Robert WILKIE, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: September 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Helm , Dechert LLP, New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant. Also argued by Luke Reilly , Philadelphia, PA.

Joshua E. Kurland , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by Ethan P. Davis , Claudia Burke , Robert Edward Kirschman, Jr. ; Meghan Alphonso , Y. Ken Lee , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Hughes, Circuit Judges.


This case is about apportionment of a veteran's disability compensation benefits. The veteran, John J. Batcher, appeals a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims upholding the Board of Veterans' Appeals' grant of such apportionment to his now ex-wife, Roberta Batcher, under 38 U.S.C. § 5307 and its implementing...

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