Case Name: Henry L. LUMPKIN, Claimant-Appellee, v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-03-11
Citations: 272 F. App'x 900
Docket Number: No. 2004-7175
Parties: Henry L. LUMPKIN, Claimant-Appellee, v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 272
Pages: 900–901

Head Matter:
Henry L. LUMPKIN, Claimant-Appellee, v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 2004-7175.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
March 11, 2008.
Before PROST, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ON MOTION
PER CURIAM.'
ORDER
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs re-' sponds to the court's November 30, 2007 order and requests that the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) in Lumpkin v. Principi, 02-193 be summarily affirmed. Henry L. Lumpkin has not responded.
This case was stayed pending the court's disposition in Roan v. Principi, 2004-7093, which was stayed pending the court's disposition in Sanders v. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 881 (Fed.Cir.2007) and its companion case Simmons y. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 892 (Fed. Cir.2007). In Sanders, this court held that any 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a) error should .be presumed prejudicial and the Secretary has the burden of rebutting this presumption. Id, at 891.
The Secretary concedes that the only issue raised in this appeal is identical to the issue decided in Sanders and Simmons. Under these circumstances, summary affirmance is appropriate.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The stay of proceedings is lifted.
(2) The judgment of the CAVC is affirmed and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.