Court issues order one week after oral argument to require Secretary to advise Court within 10 days whether Secretary will afford equitable relief to ailing 98-year-old World War I widow after Court indicates inclination to hold for appellant on novel theory
How later courts described this case
- Court issues order one week after oral argument to require Secretary to advise Court within 10 days whether Secretary will afford equitable relief to ailing 98-year-old World War I widow after Court indicates inclination to hold for appellant on novel theory
- including in record on appeal (ROA) reverse side of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) document already in ROA
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The opinion
STEINBERG, Judge,
concurring:
I would hope that the Secretary, upon review of the inclination expressed by the Court in points (1) and (2) of the order, would take steps now to notify all VA death pension recipients of the availability of DIC pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1318 .