U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2004

Patranella v. Principi

Patranella v. Principi
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided January 7, 2004 · Clevenger, Lourie, Mayer
85 F. App'x 217; 85 Fed. Appx. 217; 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 157; 2004 WL 43171

Patranella v. Principi

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

In Conway v. Principi, No. 03-7072, decided today, we hold that the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) must “take due account of the rule of prejudicial error,” as stated in 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(2), when presented with the question of whether the Secretary’s failure to comply with 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a) requires a remand to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. We therefore vacate the remand decision of the Veterans Court in this case, and we remand this case for further proceedings consistent with our holding in Conway.

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