Legal Opinion
James R. Cook, Claimant-Appellant v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 11, 1995No. 94-7073PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether § 204 of the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), Pub.L. No. 96-481, § 204, 94 Stat. 2328 (1980), codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), authorizes an award of fees for the services of an unsupervised nonlaw-yer representative appearing before the Court of Veterans Appeals on behalf of a veteran appealing a denial of benefits. The Court of Veterans Appeals denied such an award to James R. Cook (Appellant), concluding that Congress did not provide for such fees in the 1992 legislation making the EAJA applicable to…
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