Legal Opinion
Louis Richard, on Behalf of Philogene Richard, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 30, 1998No. 98-7029PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
Louis Richard asks us to reverse the Court of Veterans Appeals’ dismissal of his deceased brother’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Richard v. Gober, 10 Vet.App. 431 (1997). Because the Court of Veterans Appeals did not err in determining that Philo-gene Richard’s claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1110 (1994) was extinguished by his death, we affirm.
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In mid-1994, Philogene Richard, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, asked that his claim for service connection of ischemic heart disease, originally diagnosed in 1981, be reopened. The Department…
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