Legal Opinion
Vargas-Gonzalez v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 16, 2001No. 01-312PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
The petitioner, through counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary to provide expeditious treatment, pursuant to section 302 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act, Pub.L. No. 103-446, § 302, 108 Stat. 4645, 4658 (1994) (found at 38 U.S.C. § 5101 note) (VBIA § 302), of his appeal contesting the effective date assigned by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office (RO) for an award of VA non-service-connected pension. Pursuant to a Court order, the Secretary has filed a response to the petition, and the petitioner has filed a…
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