Legal Opinion
Ebel v. SHINSEKI
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 21, 2012No. 2011-7125PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Ginette J. Ebel appeals a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) to vacate and remand the decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) denying Mrs. Ebel’s claim for service connection on behalf of her deceased husband. Ebel v. Shinseki No. 08-4130, 2011 WL 378851 (Vet.App. Feb. 7, 2011). Because the decision of the Veterans Court was not a final decision, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Background
Lowell A. Ebel (“the veteran”) served in the U.S. Army and then the U.S. Navy in the 1960s. Specifically,…
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