Tidwell v. West

ORDER

On February 13, 1998, the Court issued a panel decision which affirmed the December 1996 Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) decision on appeal. On March 10, 1998, the Court entered judgment. On March 25, 1998, counsel for the appellant filed an unopposed motion to vacate the judgment as well as the underlying decisions by the BVA and VA on account of the veteran’s death on March 7, 1998. The Court, notes that the appellant’s death occurred just a few days prior to judgment being entered in this appeal.

The Court held in Landicho v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 42, 44 (1994), that substitution…