# Carpenter v. Principi

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · February 15, 2002 · 16 Vet. App. 102

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502282

## Case

- **Full name:** Kenneth M. CARPENTER, Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** February 15, 2002
- **Citations:** 16 Vet. App. 102; 2002 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 90; 2002 WL 233460
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Kramer
- **Judges:** Kramer, Farley, Holdaway, Ivers, Steinberg, Greene
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

KRAMER, Chief Judge,
dissenting:
For the reasons stated in my dissent to the June 21, 2001, full Court opinion, Carpenter v. Principi, 15 Vet.App. 64, 92-97 (2001) (en banc) (Kramer, C.J., dissenting), I voted for reconsideration. In regard to that dissent, I note the recent repeal of section 402 of the Veterans’ Judicial Review Act (VJRA), Pub.L. No. 100-687, § 402 , 102 Stat. 4107 , 4122 (1988) (found at 38 U.S.C. § 7251 note) (“Chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, ... shall apply with respect to any case in which a notice of disagreement [ (NOD) ] is filed ... on or after [November 18, 1988]”). Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001, Pub.L. No. 107-103, § 603 (a), 115 Stat. 976 , 999 (2001). Nevertheless, this Court’s jurisdiction is derivative generally of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ (Board) jurisdiction, 38 U.S.C. § 7252 (a), and, absent original jurisdiction under 38 U.S.C. § 5904 (c)(2) or otherwise, it would appear that the Board’s jurisdiction is dependent on the appellant’s having filed an NOD, 38 U.S.C. § 7105 (a), (c); see Marsh v. West, 11 Vet.App. 468, 470 (1998); Garlejo v. Brown, 10 Vet.App. 229, *103 232 (1997). Hence, the repeal of VJRA § 402 has not eliminated the Court’s need to address this important jurisdictional matter.

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