Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judgment is affirmed where the court properly held that plaintiff’s finality claim was an impermissible freestanding challenge to the finality of a prior regional office decision, as the law does not recognize a freestanding finality claim filed after the period for direct appeal has expired.
Read Knowles v. Shinseki, No. 08-7119
Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans ClaimsDecided June 26, 2009
JudgesBefore LOURIE, ARCHER, and LINN, Circuit Judges.Opinion by LINN, Circuit Judge..
CounselFor Appellant: Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, Topeka, Kansas.
For Appellee: Tara K. Hogan, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
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