Legal Opinion
American Legion v. Nicholson
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided January 5, 2007No. 06-3264PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Chief Judge:
Before the Court is The American Legion’s petition for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of mandamus. The American Legion maintains that the Secretary, through the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board Chairman), acted unlawfully and in violation of the Court’s decision in Ramsey v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 16 (2006), when the Board Chairman issued Memorandum 01-06-24 (Sept. 21, 2006) [hereinafter Chairman’s Memo.], which implemented a directive by the Secretary to “stay action on and refrain from remanding all claims for service connection based on…
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