Legal Opinion
Lane v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided April 16, 2002No. 99-1769PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARLEY, Judge:
On appeal is a July 26, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) that found that a July 1997 BVA decision, denying basic eligibility for VA benefits on the basis of the veteran’s character of discharge, was not the product of clear and unmistakable error (CUE). This appeal is timely, and the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). For the reasons that follow, the Court will affirm the July 1999 decision of the Board.
I. BACKGROUND
The veteran served on active duty in the U.S. Army from September 1967 to February 1971. Record (R.) at 2, 20.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Russell v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
- Lewis Hodge, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Fred P. Gardner, Claimant-Appellee v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Gardner v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
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3Cited by19 opinions
- James E. Szemraj, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Bruce E. Lane, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Roberson v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2003
- Thomas G. Joyce v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2005
- Simmons v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2003
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