Edwards v. Shinseki

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: December 12, 2013
• Docket: 12-1183
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MICHAEL P. EDWARDS, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2013-7022 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-1993, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

Decided: December 12, 2013 ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond- ent-appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Direc- tor, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and MARTIE ADELMAN, Attor- 2 EDWARDS v. SHINSEKI

ney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

Before RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE, and PROST, Circuit Judges. RADER, Chief Judge. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims af- firmed the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ determination that Michael P. Edwards’ October 17, 2007 purported Notice of Disagreement was invalid under pertinent VA regula- tions. Because Mr. Edwards seeks review of issues of fact and the application of law to fact beyond this court’s statutory jurisdiction, 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2), this court dismisses the appeal. DISMISSED