Bruce W. Pierce v. Anthony J. Principi

STEINBERG, Judge:

The appellant, veteran Bruce W. Pierce, through a non-attorney practitioner, seeks review of a December 23, 2002, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied a disability rating high er than 30% for his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) service-connected vascular headaches. Record (R.) at 1-12. The appellant and the Secretary each filed briefs, and the appellant filed a reply brief. The appellant also filed pursuant to Rule 30(b) of the Court’s Rules of Practice and Procedure two citations to supplemental authority, U.S. Vet. App. R. 30(b), and the…