Doria v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Judge:
The matter before the Court is the appellant’s application for an award of reasonable attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant the appellant’s application and order the award of attorney fees and expenses consistent with this decision.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Underlying Appeal
The appellant is the'widow of veteran Herbert Stoneking, who died in December 1971 while on active duty in Vietnam. In April 1972, a Veterans’ Administration (now Department of Veterans Affairs) (VA) regional *159office…
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