Legal Opinion
Donnellan v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 18, 2012No. 2011-7127PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Kevin T. Donnellan appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veterans Court”), which remanded his case to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. Because the remand order of the Veterans Court does not fall into the narrow exception to our rule against review of remand orders, we dismiss the appeal.
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Mr. Donnellan served in the Army National Guard from October 1969 through February 2000. In 1996, he underwent surgery to remove a portion of his sigmoid colon as part of his treatment for colon cancer. In March 1998, after a diagnosis of acquired…
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