Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit June 16, 2000, 00-7014 (Steven M. YATES, Claimant-Appellant, v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Respondent-Appellee)

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Steven P. Yates appeals from the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals denying Yates’ claim of clear and unmistakable error in a 1976 Department of Veterans Affairs regional office (“RO”) claim decision.

See Yates v. West,

No. 98-1336, 1999 WL 542182 (July 21,1999). We

affirm.