Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Brown
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 8, 1995No. 94-114PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Judge:
The matter before the Court is the appellant’s application for an award of reasonable attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). For the reasons that follow, the Court will deny the appellant’s application.
I. BACKGROUND
A Underlying Appeal
The appellant is the widow of veteran John P. Dillon. Following the veteran’s death, the appellant filed with a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office (RO) an application for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), asserting that the veteran’s service-connected psychiatric…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Thurber v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
- Stillwell v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1994
- Essex Electro Engineers, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Locher v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1996
- Cullens v. GoberUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2001
- Thayer v. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2001
- Shannon D. Smith, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
- Leamon Johnson , Jr. v. Anthony J. PrincipiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2004
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