# Don H. Nelson v. Anthony J. Principi

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · September 30, 2004 · 18 Vet. App. 407

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502408

## Case

- **Full name:** Don H. NELSON, Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** September 30, 2004
- **Citations:** 18 Vet. App. 407; 2004 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 609; 2004 WL 2187635
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Farley
- **Judges:** Farley, Steinberg, Kasold
- **Cited by:** 4 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/9502408

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that Federal Circuit in Norton v. Principi, 376 F.3d 1336, 1338-39 (2004), rejected arguments that procedural violations in prior final decision could render that decision nonfinal, or that RO decision remained unadjudicated because the RO failed to sympathetically read…
- noting that Federal Circuit in Norton v. Principi, 376 F.3d 1336, 1338-39 (2004

## Opinion text

FARLEY, Judge,
dissenting:
I cannot concur in the majority’s analysis and, for the reasons stated in the March 29, 2004, order, I believe a remand is required. Therefore, I dissent.

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