Case Name: Maurice U. PLANTE, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-02-08
Citations: 216 F. App'x 985
Docket Number: No. 2006-7281
Parties: Maurice U. PLANTE, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, MAYER and PROST, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Veterans Appeals Reporter
Volume: 21
Pages: 985–986

Head Matter:
Maurice U. PLANTE, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 2006-7281.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Feb. 8, 2007.
Rehearing Denied March 9, 2007.
Maurice U. Plante, of Warwick, Rhode Island, pro se.
Allison Kidd-Miller, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appel-lee. With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Kathryn A. Bleecker, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Michael G. Daugherty, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Michael T. Osborne, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
Before NEWMAN, MAYER and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Maurice U. Plante appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which affirmed the Board of Veterans' Appeals' denial of service connection for his headache disorder. Plante v. Nicholson, No. 04-0735, 2006 WL 322025 (Vet.App. Jan. 27, 2006). Because we lack jurisdiction, we dismiss his appeal.
We may only review a Veterans Court decision to the extent that it pertains to the validity of "a rule of law or of any statute or regulation . or any interpretation thereof (other than a determination as to a factual matter)," 38 U.S.C. § 7292(a), or "to interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, to the extent presented and necessary to a decision," Id. § 7292(c). Unless an appeal from the Veterans Court presents a constitutional issue, we do not otherwise have jurisdiction to review either "a challenge to a factual determination" or "a challenge to a law or regulation as applied to the facts of particular case." Id. § 7292(d)(2).
Plante offers many reasons why he believes the Veterans Court's decision was erroneous. After careful consideration of his arguments, including our own independent review of the decision on behalf of this pro se appellant, we are unable to find any issues or errors pertaining to either the validity or the interpretation of a rule of law, statute, or regulation. Moreover, notwithstanding his numerous assertions of constitutional violations, none of Plante's arguments actually raise an issue pertaining to the United States Constitution. At most, they pertain to factual conclusions and the application of the law to those factual conclusions, neither of which is sufficient to establish jurisdiction here.