Dewey W. Lawson v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DEWEY W. LAWSON,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2017-2387
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-4598, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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Before N EWMAN, SCHALL , and WALLACH , Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
In a Joint Status Report submitted on March 29, 2019,
the parties expressed their views regarding the impact of
Procopio v. Wilkie, 913 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2019), on this
case. Following Procopio, Congress enacted, and the Pres-
ident signed, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act
of 2019 (Pub. L. No. 116-23, 133 Stat. 966 (2019) (“the
Act”)). We now remand for determination of Mr. Lawson’s
entitlement to the presumption of service connection.

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I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The case is remanded to the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims. On remand, the court
is to stay the case pending review by the Board of
Veterans Appeals of any claim by Mr. Lawson for
entitlement to the presumption of service connec-
tion under Procopio and the Act. Mr. Lawson shall
be provided with appropriate assistance in expedi-
tiously resolving his claim.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
F OR THE COURT
November 21, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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