JOHNSON v. SHINSEKI

No. 2011-7123.

DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: October 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Johnson, of Medon, Tennessee, pro se.

Daniel B. Volk, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Steven J. Gillingham, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Tracey P. Warren, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Before Newman, Mayer, and O'Malley, Circuit Judges.


This disposition is nonprecedential

PER CURIAM.

Douglas H. Johnson, pro se, appeals the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") affirming a Board of Veteran's Appeals ("Board") decision that denied Mr. Johnson's claim for service-connected benefits for a back condition. Because Mr. Johnson challenges only the Board's factual finding that his back condition was not connected to his military service, he does not...

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