Legal Opinion
Barrera v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided October 25, 1999No. 90-1496PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IVERS, Judge, filed the opinion of the Court. KRAMER, Judge, filed a concurring opinion.
IVERS, Judge:
The veteran has filed an application for an award of attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
I. FACTS
The case underlying the EAJA application now before the Court dates back to an April 1990 Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that denied on the merits the appellant’s claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected bipolar disorder. The case has had an active appellate history, including an August 1997 decision in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Jesus A. Barrera, Claimant-Appellant, and Peter F. Johnson, Claimant-Appellant v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- Calma v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998
3Cited by9 opinions
- Faust v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2000
- Cox v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2000
- Linville v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2001
- Hensley v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2002
- Barrera v. PrincipiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
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