Nicholas Ribaudo v. R. James Nicholson

Today, the Court grants the Secretary’s request to issue three stay orders pending resolution of an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) of this Court’s decision in Haas v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 257 (2006), appeal docketed, No.2007-7037 (Fed.Cir. Nov.8, 2006), to wit: (1) stay the effect of the Court’s decision in Haas, (2) stay the processing of an estimated 1,500 claims11 potentially affected by Haas that are now on appeal at the Board, and (3) stay the processing of claims by an estimated 832,000 claimants and potential claimants that may be…