In RE : A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 26(b)

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS NO . 98-425 IN RE : A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 26(b) Before KRAMER, Chief Judge, and FARLEY, IVERS, STEINBERG, GREENE, and KASOLD, Judges.* ORDER On April 24, 1998, the Court held in abeyance two proposed revisions of Rule 26(b) of the Court's Rules of Practice and Procedure until further order of the Court. In Re: A Proposed Amendment To Rule 26(b),

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(1998) (en banc memorandum and order). Since that order, the Secretary has filed four reports outlining steps taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce the need for…