Cheramy Rusbuldt v. Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

12-7177Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitMay 22, 2013

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N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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CHERAMY RUSBULDT,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee.
______________________
2012-7177
______________________
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 10-3829, Judge William A. Moor-
man.
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Decided: May 22, 2013
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VIRGINIA A. G IRARD -BRADY , ABS Legal Advocates
P.A., of Lawrence, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
MICHAEL P. G OODMAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart-
ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond-
ent-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F.
D ELERY , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,

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CHERAMY RUSBULDT v. SHINSEKI 2
J EANNE E. D AVIDSON , Director, and MARTIN F. H OCKEY ,
J R., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were
MICHAEL J. T IMINSKI Deputy Assistant General Counsel,
and CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, Attorney, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of
counsel was D AVID J. BARRANS , Deputy Assistant General
Counsel.
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Before L OURIE, O’M ALLEY , and T ARANTO, Circuit Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
Cheramy Rusbuldt (“Rusbuldt”) appeals from the de-
cision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims (“Veterans Court”) denying her claim for service
connection for her veteran husband’s death and conse-
quent determination of ineligibility for survivor depend-
ency and indemnification compensation benefits.
Rusbuldt v. Shinseki, No. 10-3829, 2012 WL 1940802
(Vet. App. May 30, 2012) (unpublished).
Although Rusbuldt frames the issue on appeal as
whether the Veterans Court correctly interpreted the law
and applied the correct legal standard, in effect she disa-
grees with the application of the evidentiary requirements
of 38 U.S.C. § 5107 to the facts of her case. We do not
have jurisdiction to review the Veterans Court’s applica-
tion of the law to the facts unless it presents a constitu-
tional issue, not presented here. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2);
Jackson v. Shinseki, 587 F.3d 1106, 1109 (Fed. Cir. 2009);
cf. Livingston v. Derwinski, 959 F.2d 224, 225 (Fed. Cir.
1992) (“[T]he mere recitation of a basis for jurisdiction by
party or a court[] is not controlling; we must look to the
true nature of the action.”).
Accordingly, we dismiss Rusbuldt’s appeal for lack of
jurisdiction.
DISMISSED

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MIKE LEVARIO v. SHINSEKI 3
COSTS
No costs.

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