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BAHNMILLER v. DERWINSKI

Civ. A. No. 88-0732-A.

724 F.Supp. 1208 (1989)

Michael P. BAHNMILLER, Richard W. Frye, and The Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Edward J. DERWINSKI, Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, The United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, and The United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Crouch, Arlington, Va., and Bruce S. Deming, Van Ness, Feldman, Sutcliffe & Curtis, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Robert C. Erickson and Paula M. Potoczak, Asst. U.S. Attys., Alexandria, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

For more than a century, statutory fee limitations have effectively excluded lawyers from the veterans' benefits claims arena.1 Congress quite clearly intended the fee limitation to have this effect, the object being to prevent veterans' benefits from being diverted to attorneys.2 Less clear is whether Congress intended to restrict...

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