Legal Opinion
Zevalkink v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 17, 1996No. Nos. 94-7101, 95-7012PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Chief Judge.
The issue in No. 94-7101 is whether a claimant under 38 U.S.C. § 5121 (1994), for a deceased veteran’s accrued benefits, must present new and material evidence to reopen the veteran’s previously denied claim for benefits, and the issue in No. 95-7012 is whether such a claimant has standing to be substituted for a deceased veteran in the prosecution of the veteran’s claim for benefits pending at the date of death before the Court of Veterans Appeals. These cases have been consolidated for purposes of disposition.
We affirm the holding of the Court of Veterans Appeals that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Vda de Landicho v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- Mokal v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
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