Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Veteran's Appeal Of Agent Orange Benefits Denial

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Nov. 7 dismissed a veteran's appeal of the denial of his benefits for alleged exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction because the matter had been remanded to the U.S. Bureau of Veterans Affairs (Larry J. Wilson v. Robert L. Wilkie, No. 19-3855, Vet. Clms., 2019 U.S. App. Vet. Claims LEXIS 1980).
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