Legal Opinion
Barbara Haines, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 24, 1998No. 98-7014PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Haines appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals dismissing her appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Haines v. Gober, 10 Vet.App. 446 (1997). Because the Court of Veterans Appeals did not err in determining that a widow may not pursue her deceased husband’s claim that the agency committed clear and unmistakable error (CUE) under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5109A (West Supp.1998), Pub.L. No. 105-111, § 1(a)(1), 111 Stat. 2271, 2271 (1997), we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Haines’s deceased husband, a veteran, challenged the termination of his total disability…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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