Legal Opinion
Robert B. Liesegang, Sr., Roberto Sotelo, and Paul L. Fletcher v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 10, 2002No. 01-7109PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
Robert B. Liesegang, Sr., Roberto So-telo and Paul L. Fletcher (collectively, the “Petitioners”) challenge the effective date that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs assigned to a regulation, published at 66 Fed. Reg. 23,166-69 (May 8, 2001), that creates a presumption of service connection benefits for Vietnam veterans who developed Type-2 diabetes. In challenging the rulemaking process that led to the final regulation and the final regulation itself, the Petitioners contend that the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “agency”) erroneously assigned a later effective…
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