Abell v. Wilkie

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: February 7, 2020
• Docket: 19-1313
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 19-1313 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 02/07/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

WILLIAM G. ABELL, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2019-1313 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-1983, Chief Judge Margaret C. Bartley. ______________________

Decided: February 7, 2020 ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

SOSUN BAE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, BRYAN THOMPSON, Case: 19-1313 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 02/07/2020

Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

Before MOORE, WALLACH, and STOLL, Circuit Judges. MOORE, Circuit Judge. William G. Abell appeals the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’ decision affirming the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ severance of Mr. Abell’s award of ser- vice connection for back and right hip disabilities. Mr. Abell’s arguments on appeal challenge only the Board’s fac- tual determinations and application of law to the facts. Be- cause we do not have jurisdiction to review such challenges, we dismiss. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d) (2012); see Prinkey v. Shinseki, 735 F.3d 1375, 1382–83 (Fed. Cir. 2013). DISMISSED