William Rickett v. Eric K. Shinseki

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS NO. 09-2493 WILLIAM RICKETT, APPELLANT, V. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE. ORDER Before KASOLD, Chief Judge, and HAGEL, MOORMAN, LANCE, DAVIS, SCHOELEN, PIETSCH, and BARTLEY, Judges.1 On April 14, 2009, more than 120 days after the November 5, 2008, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that denied benefits for his bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, veteran William Rickett filed pro se a Notice of Appeal (NOA) with the Court. See 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) (NOA must be filed within 120 days of Board…