Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Carpenter v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided June 21, 2001No. 99-0794Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partSteinberg, Judge
I concur in the Court’s affirmance of the April 6, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) as to whether or not there should be an offset of *80fees awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(F), although not the rationale stated in support of that result and not necessarily the full amount of the offset imposed. I dissent from the Court’s reversal of that portion of the Board’s decision that found that the 30% contingency fee was unreasonable and excessive in this case. I also disagree with the manner in which the Court has gone about…
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