# Deanna R. Polovick v. R. James Nicholson

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · June 8, 2006 · 24 Vet. App. 257

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502460

## Case

- **Full name:** Deanna R. POLOVICK, Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** June 8, 2006
- **Citations:** 24 Vet. App. 257; 2006 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 424; 2006 WL 1725162
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Kasold
- **Judges:** Kasold, Lance, Davis
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the Court will not address hypothetical situations because they are not ripe

## Opinion text

KASOLD, Judge,
dissenting;
I respectfully dissent from the Court’s decision dismissing this case on the rationale that it does not present a case or controversy. The Secretary filed a motion to dismiss this case because the Board vacated its own decision a day prior to the filing of .this appeal, and the appellant opposes the motion. Thus, the validity of the Board’s vacatur is squarely presented, and the Court should address it. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

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