Rogelio C. Gomez v. Robert A. McDonald

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS NO. 14-2751 ROGELIO C. GOMEZ, APPELLANT, V. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE. Before KASOLD, LANCE, and BARTLEY Judges. ORDER Before the Court is the issue of whether the appellant's August 15, 2014, Notice of Appeal (NOA) of a June 18, 2013, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision is timely, including whether a July 9, 2013, motion that he filed with the Board, and which the Board then forwarded to a VA regional office (RO), abated the finality of the June 2013 Board decision. For the reasons that follow, the…