UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
No. 97-551
Joseph M. Ruder, Appellant,
v.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee.
Before FARLEY, Judge.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Note: Pursuant to U.S. Vet. App. R. 28(i),
this action may not be cited as precedent.
FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from a February 19, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied entitlemen