Cato v. Shulkin

Appellant Douglas C. Cato appeals an order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) dismissing his appeal as untimely. For the reasons set forth below, this court lacks jurisdiction to review the timeliness of Mr. Cato’s appeal.

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Mr. Cato had active military service from December 1975 to July 1976. In May 2006, a Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Regional Office denied reopening of Mr. Cato’s claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia, simple type. On June 6, 2016, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (“Board”) likewise denied service connection for…