Kessel v. Gober

ORDER

On September 20, 1999, a majority of the Court, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in the instant case affirming the April 8, 1998, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that denied the appellant’s claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury with syncope and possible brain lesion. Kessel v. West, 13 Vet.App. 9 (1999). The Court’s judgment was entered on October 13, 1999. The appellant appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit).

After submission of the appeal to the Federal Circuit, but before that court issued a…