Legal Opinion
Lamour v. Peake
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 10, 2008No. 2007-7278PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Adelina C. Lamour, pro se, appeals the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (the “Veterans Court”) denying her request to reopen her claim for survivor benefits as the spouse of a veteran. Lamour v. Nicholson, No. 05-1108, 2007 WL 1586131 (Vet.App. May 23, 2007). The Veterans Court sustained the ruling of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, declining to reopen her claim on the ground that Mrs. Lamour had not established that she had been married to Mr. Lamour for at least one year. We conclude that the court erred in that it did not consider the VA’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rezi P. Forshey, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
- James E. Szemraj, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Erspamer v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- Douglas B. Morgan, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Flores v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
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