D'Angelo v. Principi

I voted to grant the appellant’s application for a panel decision, and did so for the same two reasons set forth in my dissenting statement to the Court’s recent order denying a motion for a panel decision in Johannes v. Principi, 16 Vet.App. 332 (per curiam order) (Vet.App. Sept. 25, 2002) (Steinberg, J., dissenting).

In the instant case, the Board stated in full regarding the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, Pub.L. No. 106-475, 114 Stat. 2096 (Nov. 9, 2000) (VCAA), as follows:

Regarding the veteran’s claim for an earlier effective date than May 10, 1993, for service connection for…