Legal Opinion
Sumner v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided November 6, 2001No. 99-0368PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Chief Judge.
Presently before the Court is the appellant’s application for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA). For the reasons that follow, the Court will revoke the single-judge order previously issued in this case; will issue this opinion in its stead; and will deny the appellant’s EAJA application.
I. BACKGROUND
The appellant, through counsel, filed with this Court a timely Notice of Appeal (NOA) from a January 20, 1999, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that had denied his claim for service connection for…
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