Caldwell v. West

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on an application for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA).

In the merits litigation, the appellant, veteran John W. Caldwell, appealed through counsel an August 27, 1996, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision that denied a claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office (RO) decisions between April 1982 and September 1991 and that determined that an effective date earlier than November 9, 1992, for the assignment of a 100%…