PAALAN v. O'ROURKE

No. 2018-1517.

MICHAEL P. PAALAN, Claimant-Appellant, v. PETER O'ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: July 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MICHAEL P. PAALAN, Savannah, GA, pro se.

MOLLIE LENORE FINNAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. Also represented by MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; AMANDA BLACKMON, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Before O'MALLEY, CLEVENGER, and REYNA,


This disposition is nonprecedential.

Michael P. Paalan appeals from the final decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which denied his claims to veterans benefits related to his period of service from June 29, 1989 to January 17, 2006 on the ground that his dishonorable discharge from that period of service...

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