Legal Opinion
Christine Hix, Claimant-Appellee, and Mary L. Pardue, Claimant-Appellee v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 20, 2000No. 99-7094, 99-7102PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) appeals two decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims relating to entitlement of the claimants, both surviving spouses of veterans who died of service-connected causes, to qualify for enhanced dependency and indemnity compensation (“DIC”). On motion of the VA, the appeals were consolidated for briefing and argument. 1
Our appellate authority includes review of the interpretation of a statute or regulation by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. See 88 U.S.C. § 7292(a),(c),(d) (Supp. IV 1998).
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- Hix v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1999
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