William G. Abell v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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WILLIAM G. ABELL,
Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2019-1313
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 17-1983, Chief Judge Margaret C.
Bartley.
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Decided: February 7, 2020
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K
ENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

SOSUN BAE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Divi-
sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington,
DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by
J
OSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD
KIRSCHMAN, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, BRYAN THOMPSON,
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ABELL v. WILKIE 2
Office of General Counsel, United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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Before M
OORE, WALLACH, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
William G. Abell appeals the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims’ decision affirming the Board
of Veterans’ Appeals’ severance of Mr. Abell’s award of ser-
vice connection for back and right hip disabilities. Mr.
Abell’s arguments on appeal challenge only the Board’s fac-
tual determinations and application of law to the facts. Be-
cause we do not have jurisdiction to review such
challenges, we dismiss. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d) (2012); see
Prinkey v. Shinseki, 735 F.3d 1375, 1382–83 (Fed. Cir.
2013).
DISMISSED
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