Forshey v. Principi

 
APPEAL NO.
99-7064
OP. BELOW
CAVC
SUBJECT
Veterans
AUTHOR
Dyk

Question(s) Presented

“[W]e granted rehearing en banc to consider the scope of our jurisdiction in cases coming to this court from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims under 38 U.S.C. § 7292, and the prudential rules that should govern the exercise of the jurisdiction where it exists.”

Holding

“We conclude that we have jurisdiction under § 7292(a) over: (1) issues concerning the validity of statutes or regulations on which the decision of the CAVC depended; (2) issues of interpretation [by the CAVC] . . . ; (4) other ‘relevant’ questions of law.”