Matthews v. Principi

ORDER

On October 2, 2000, the appellant filed a Notice of Appeal listing June 6, 2000, as the date of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision being appealed. The Court notes that the BVA in its June 6, 2000, decision determined that a claim of entitlement to service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was well grounded and remanded the claim to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office for further development.

The Secretary later moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, asserting that the appellant has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies in that…