Stephen L. Helfer, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Veterans Appeals (now the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims), denying the appellant’s application for legal fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. We reject the appellant’s constitutional and statutory arguments over which we have jurisdiction, and we therefore affirm the decision of Court of Veterans Appeals.

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