Michael D. Herndon, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

MAYER, Chief Judge.

Michael D. Herndon appeals the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ denial of regional office jurisdiction to review his October 1984 rating action. Herndon v. Principi, No. 98-1745 (Vet.App. Sept. 19, 2001). Because a February 1987 board decision subsumed the October 1984 action, we affirm.

Background,

Herndon served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces from September of 1965 to June of 1967. In June of 1982, he was awarded a combined disability rating of seventy percent, and a rating of total disability…