MCNEILL V DVA, No. 07-7115 (Fed. Cir. 2007)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-7115 BOOKER T. MCNEILL, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. JAMES NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. Booker T. McNeill, of Erwin, North Carolina, pro se. Marla T. Conneely, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Mark A. Melnick, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Christopher P. McNamee, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Lawrence B. Hagel NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-7115 BOOKER T. MCNEILL, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. JAMES NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. __________________________ DECIDED: July 13, 2007 __________________________ Before MAYER and PROST, Circuit Judges and LINARES, District Judge. PER CURIAM. Booker T. McNeill appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which affirmed the Board of Veterans Appeals decision denying his claim for service connection of post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ). McNeill v. Nicholson, No. 05-1413 (Vet. App. Dec. 7, 2006). Because we do not have authority to review a challenge to a law or regulation as applied to the facts of a particular case absent a constitutional issue, 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2), we dismiss his appeal. Honorable Jose L. Linares, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.

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