Legal Opinion
Tommie P. Butler, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 30, 2001No. 00-7084PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirmed the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ decision that Tommie P. Butler did not timely file a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) for a 1981 Administrative Decision. Butler v. West, No. 98-2073, slip op. at 2, 1999 WL 1063300 (Vet. App. Nov. 8, 1999). Because the “presumption of regularity” applies to the mailing of a copy of a notice of appeal rights to a veteran, this court affirms.
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Mr. Butler served on active duty in the military from April 1965 to April 1970. In 1967, he received an honorable discharge before his…
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