Legal Opinion

Raymond Gallegos, Claimant-Appellee v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 15, 2002No. 01-7037PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RADER, Circuit Judge.

The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims determined that 88 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1998) — a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation setting minimum requirements for a notice of disagreement (NOD) — was invalid because the regulation required that an NOD express a desire for review by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board). After invalidating the regulation, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims held that a letter submitted by Raymond Gallegos’s authorized representative to a regional office was a valid NOD even without any expression of a desire for review by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  4. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Information Technology & Applications Corporation v. United States, and Rs Information Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
  2. Dingess - Hartman v. NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2006
  3. Mauerhan v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2002
  4. Robert B. Liesegang, Sr., Roberto Sotelo, and Paul L. Fletcher v. Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
  5. Stanley J. Palczewski v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2007

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