Benedicta R. Gutierrez, Claimant-Appellant v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

980 F.2d 743

NOTICE: Federal Circuit Local Rule 47.8(b) states that opinions and orders which are designated as not citable as precedent shall not be employed or cited as precedent. This does not preclude assertion of issues of claim preclusion, issue preclusion, judicial estoppel, law of the case or the like based on a decision of the Court rendered in a nonprecedential opinion or order.
Benedicta R. GUTIERREZ, Claimant-Appellant,
v.
Edward J. DERWINSKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.

No. 92-7046.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Oct. 9, 1992.

Before NIES, Chief Judge, and MAYER and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

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Appellant seeks review of an order of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals dismissing her appeal from the Board of Veterans Appeals for lack of jurisdiction because her Notice of Disagreement was filed prior to November 18, 1988. See Pub.L. No. 100-687, § 402, 102 Stat. 4105, 4122 (1988). Appellant challenges only factual determinations or the application of a law or regulation to her claim, or raises a legal question that does not contest the validity of a statute or a regulation, or the interpretation of a constitutional or statutory provision or a regulation. Thus, no issue is raised which falls within the jurisdiction of this court under 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 7292(c), (d)(1)(2) (West 1991). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. See Livingston v. Derwinski, 959 F.2d 224 (Fed.Cir.1992).