Gallegos v. Principi

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ joint motion (received on Septem*552ber 19 and filed on December 9, 2002) for remand of the case. Motion (Mot.) at 2-3, 6.

The underlying facts of this case are set forth in the Court’s prior decision in this case, Gallegos v. Gober, 14 Vet.App. 50, 51-52 (2000), rev’d, 283 F.3d 1309, 1315 (Fed.Cir.2002), and we will not reiterate them here. In its August 11, 2000, opinion, the Court reversed a December 9, 1998, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that had denied an earlier effective date for an award of Department of Veterans…