# Leamon Johnson , Jr. v. Anthony J. Principi

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · January 29, 2004 · 17 Vet. App. 436

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502391

## Case

- **Full name:** Leamon JOHNSON, Jr., Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** January 29, 2004
- **Citations:** 17 Vet. App. 436; 2004 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 24; 2004 WL 169877
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Ivers
- **Judges:** Farley, Ivers, Steinberg
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502391

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that Secretary’s position at the administrative level in promulgating and applying a regulation was substantially justified
- noting the “ambiguity of the disability ratings regulations” relating to extraschedular and TDIU considerations and the “need to streamline and clarify” these regulations

## Opinion text

IVERS, Judge,
concurring in part:
I concur in the Court’s holding that the appellant fails to meet the legal requirements for prevailing party status for the purposes of awarding EAJA fees.

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