Cheramy Rusbuldt v. Shinseki

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 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. ______________________ Decided: May 22, 2013 ______________________ VIRGINIA A. GIRARD-BRADY, ABS Legal Advocates P.A., of Lawrence, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant. MICHAEL P. GOODMAN, 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. DELERY, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 2 CHERAMY RUSBULDT v. SHINSEKI JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, Attorney, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel. ______________________ Before LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges. PER 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 May 30, 2012) (unpublished).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 MIKE LEVARIO v. SHINSEKI 3 COSTS No costs.