Legal Opinion
Mayfield v. Nicholson
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 5, 2006No. 2005-7157PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to resolve an issue involving the notification provision of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-475, § 3(a), 114 Stat. 2096 (‘VCAA”), codified at 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a). Based on various communications between the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and the claimant-appellant, the Board of Veterans Appeals held that the VA had satisfied its obligations under the notification provision. The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veterans Court”) affirmed the Board’s decision, but it did so based on a communication other…
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