Hodges v. Principi

ORDER

On January 12, 2000, the Court issued an opinion reversing that part of the March 19, 1998, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) that denied service connection for a left-knee disorder and affirming that part of the Board decision that denied as not well grounded, under 38 U.S.C. § 5107 as it then existed, a claim for service connection for a stomach disorder. Hodges v. West, 13 Vet.App. 287 (2000). On April 3, 2000, the appellant filed, through counsel, an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit).

On February 20, 2001, the…