Legal Opinion
Thomas M. Nyeholt v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 6, 2002No. 01-7107PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Thomas M. Nyeholt petitions this court under 38 U.S.C. § 502 for review of the recently amended portion of the Schedule for Rating Disabilities in 38 C.F.R. § 4.114 addressing disabilities of the liver, Diagnostic Code (“DC”) 7351. Nyeholt asserts that DC 7351 is unconstitutionally vague, and as a result requests that it be declared invalid. Because we conclude that Nye-holt’s challenge is without merit, we deny his petition.
BACKGROUND
On August 7, 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“DVA”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the portion of the…
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