Tropiak v. Wilkie

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: May 9, 2019
• Docket: 18-1928
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROBERT J. TROPIAK, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2018-1928 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-0676, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________

Decided: May 9, 2019 ______________________

ADAM WILLIAM BURROWBRIDGE, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, argued for claim- ant-appellant. Also represented by SONJA ROCHELLE GERRARD, MICHAEL T. ROSATO, Seattle, WA.

REBECCA SARAH KRUSER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, 2 TROPIAK v. WILKIE

JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

Before REYNA, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Appellant Robert J. Tropiak appeals a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirm- ing the Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision to deny Mr. Tropiak a compensable rating for his foot condition under Diagnostic Code 7806. Tropiak v. Shulkin, No. 17-0676, 2018 WL 1074703 (Vet. App. Feb. 28, 2018). We find that Mr. Tropiak’s appeal raises only factual issues or issues of application of law to fact. Because we lack jurisdiction to review such issues, Cook v. Principi, 353 F.3d 937, 939 (Fed. Cir. 2003); see also 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2), we dismiss. DISMISSED No costs.