Meeks v. West

STEINBERG and KRAMER, Judges,

dissenting:

The chronology of this matter is as follows: The panel opinion was issued on May 3, 1999. Meeks v. West, 12 Vet.App. 352 (1999). On June 21, 1999, we submitted for filing, with a copy to all judges, a joint statement dissenting to a vote by a majority of the Court to deny a sua sponte *41request for en banc review in this case.1 The appellant filed with this Court on June 29, 1999, a Notice of Appeal (NOA) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit). On June 30, 1999, this Court, unaware of the June 29, 1999, NOA, issued and…