U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Wilson v. Principi
This writing
- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Author
- Alan David Lourie
- Filed
- July 31, 2002
- Case
- Wilson v. Principi
- Case status
- Decided
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ON MOTION ORDER LOURIE, Circuit Judge. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs moves to waive the requirements of Fed. Cir. R. 27(f) and to dismiss Earline Wilson’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Wilson opposes. On September 29, 2000, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals determined that Wilson had not met the requirements for recognition as the veteran’s surviving spouse for purposes of an award of benefits. Wilson appealed the Board’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The Secretary moved for summary affirmance. Upon review of the record in which Wilson acknowledged that she was divorced from the veteran, and the evidence showed that the veteran was married to someone else at the time of his death, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims determined that the Board’s factual findings “were not clearly erroneous” and *478 affirmed the Board’s decision. Wilson appealed. Under 38 U.S.C. § 7292 , this court has limited jurisdiction over appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeals of Veterans Claims. See Forshey v. Principi, 284 F.3d 1335, 1338 (Fed.Cir.2002) (en banc). Wilson’s appeal does not satisfy any of the grounds for invoking this court’s jurisdiction. …
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