ORDER

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs responds to the court’s November 19, 2007 order and requests that the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) in Brooks v. Nicholson, 05-0264 be summarily reversed. Clarence Brooks, Jr. has not responded.

Brooks appealed from the CAVC’s decision, challenging the court’s placement of the burden on him to establish that a 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a) notification error was prejudicial. In Sanders v. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 881 (Fed.Cir. 2007) this court held that any section 5103(a) error should be presumed prejudicial and the Secretary has the burden of rebutting this presumption. Id. at 891. Under these circumstances, summary reversal is appropriate.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) The judgment of the CAVC is summarily reversed. The case is remanded for further proceedings.

(2) All other pending motions are deemed moot.

(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.