# Alfonso Medrano v. R. James Nicholson

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · April 23, 2007 · 21 Vet. App. 165

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502522

## Case

- **Full name:** Alfonso MEDRANO, Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** April 23, 2007
- **Citations:** 21 Vet. App. 165; 2007 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 598; 2007 WL 1201524
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Schoelen
- **Judges:** Hagel, Lance, Schoelen
- **Cited by:** 68 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that VCAA timing-notice error was nonprejudicial where following postadjudicato-ry, content-complaint VCAA notice, the veteran affirmatively indicated, through counsel, that he had no further evidence to submit; returning the claim to the RO would have resulted in a re…
- noting that Court is not permitted to reverse Board's favorable findings of fact
- stating that the Court is not permitted to reverse the Board's favorable findings of fact

## Opinion text

SCHOELEN, Judge,
concurring:
I wholeheartedly join the Court’s opinion in full except for footnote two. I do not find any significance in the nature of Mr. Medrano’s representation as it relates to the timing-of-notice error, except that the Court must apply the rule that an attorney’s actions and communications are directly attributable to his client. Overton v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 427, 438-39 (2006).

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