Digby v. Peake

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Digby v. Peake, 269 F. App'x 959 (Fed. Cir. 2008)

Digby v. Peake

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

ORDER

The Secretary of Veterans Affair's responds to the court’s November 21, 2007 order and requests that the court summarily affirm the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Digby v. Nicholson, 04-0967, 2006 WL 2348534 (Aug. 3, 2006). W.D. Digby has not responded.

The Secretary appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, challenging that court’s ruling that the Secretary had the burden of establishing that a 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a) notification error was not prejudicial. In Sanders v. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 881 (Fed.Cir. 2007), this court held that any section 5103(a) *960error should be presumed prejudicial and the Secretary has the burden of rebutting this presumption. Id. at 891. Under these circumstances, summary affirmance is appropriate.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) The judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is summarily affirmed. The case is remanded.

(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

Reference

Full Case Name
W.D. DIGBY, Claimant-Appellee v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Status
Published