Isaac v. West

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on an application for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA).

In the merits litigation, the appellant, veteran Dixon H. Isaac, appealed through counsel an April 10, 1996, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) decision denying his claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a final January 1980 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office decision and determining that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a disallowed claim of VA service connection for a manic-depressive…