Legal Opinion
Helen Cummings, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 24, 1998No. 97-7004PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Helen Cummings appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals dismissing her appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Cummings v. Brown, No. 95-1058, 1996 WL 366406 (Vet.App. June 26, 1996). Because Cummings did not timely appeal to the Court of Veterans Appeals, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1992, Cummings, the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran, applied to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeking dependency and indemnity compensation. The VA’s Montgomery, Alabama Regional Office denied her claim, finding no service connection between her…
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