Legal Opinion
Ethel L. Jones, Claimant-Appellee v. Togo D. West, Jr., Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 11, 1998No. 96-7041PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Respondent-Appellant, the Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs (the “Secretary”), appeals the judgment of the Court of Veterans Appeals which vacated and remanded the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ (the “Board’s”) denial of Claimant-Appellee Ethel L. Jones’s claim for incremental benefits which allegedly accrued and were due and unpaid to her late husband, as a married veteran, when he died. Jones v. Brown, 8 Vet.App. 558 (1996). The appeal was submitted for our decision following oral argument on January 6, 1998. Because the interpretation by the Court of Veterans Appeals…
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