Pamela J. Sharp, Claimant-Appellant v. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

DECISION

Pamela J. Sharp appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (the “Veterans Court”) affirming the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ denial of her claim for accrued benefits. Sharp v. Principi, 17 Vet.App. 431 (2004) (“Decision ”). Because the Veterans Court correctly interpreted 38 U.S.C. § 1115 as entitling only a veteran and not his or her survivors to dependents’ benefits, we affirm that part of the decision. However, pursuant to our recent decision in Terry v. Principi, 367 F.3d 1291 (Fed.Cir.2004), in which we held that the…