EDWARDS v. SHINSEKI , No. 13-7022 (Fed. Cir. 2013)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, 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 affirmed the Board of Veterans Appeals determination that Michael P. Edwards October 17, 2007 purported Notice of Disagreement was invalid under pertinent VA regulations. 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

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