Legal Opinion
Cerise Checo v. Robert A. McDonald
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 29, 2014No. 11-3683PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
Cerise Checo appealed through counsel a July 6, 2011, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision that denied entitlement to an increased disability rating for lumbosa-cral spinal stenosis, including disk bulges at the L3-L4 and L5-S1 vertebrae, currently rated 20% disabling. Ms. Checo filed her Notice of Appeal on December 7, 2011, more than 120 days after the date on which the Board mailed its decision, and she alleged that her homelessness prevent ed her from timely filing her Notice of Appeal.
In a January 4, 2013, order, a panel of the Court concluded that Ms. Checo had not…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Holland v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Harper v. ErcoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- Checo v. ShinsekiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2014
- Richard A. Linville, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- William E. McCreary v. R. James NicholsonUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2005
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4Cited by1 opinion
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