Shelia Winsett v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veteran Affairs

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Board, as a lower tribunal, may not review the decision of a higher tribunal under guise of correcting CUE
• holding that final Board decisions appealed to and decided by the Court are not subject to revision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error
• holding that CUE may not be brought after an underlying issue has been adjudicated by a court and noting that permitting such action \would allow a lower tribunal to review the decision of a higher tribunal\
• stating that DAV interpreted § 20.1400(b
• \[A] contrary interpretation of the rule would effectively allow a lower tribunal to review the decision of a higher tribunal – a situation that is not logical.\
• “[A] contrary interpretation of the rule would effectively allow a lower tribunal to review the decision of a higher tribunal — a situation that is not logical.”

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