# Blount v. West

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · February 3, 1998 · 11 Vet. App. 34

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8167332

## Case

- **Full name:** Cludie S. BLOUNT v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** February 3, 1998
- **Citations:** 11 Vet. App. 34; 1998 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 102; 1998 WL 39431
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Steinberg
- **Judges:** Greene, Nebeker, Steinberg
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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 .

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