Nehmer

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BEVERLY NEHMER; CLAUDE 

WASHINGTON; LINDA

WAGENMAKERS; ROBERT FAZIO;

GEORGE CLAXTON; JULIO GONZALES;

PAUL R. JENSEN; WILLIAM MADDEN;

DAVID MAIER; BRUCE MILLER; No. 06-15179 VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA,  D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellees, CV-86-06160-TEH v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS AFFAIRS,

Defendant-Appellant. 

BEVERLY NEHMER; CLAUDE 

WASHINGTON; LINDA

WAGENMAKERS; ROBERT FAZIO;

GEORGE CLAXTON; JULIO GONZALES;

PAUL R. JENSEN; WILLIAM MADDEN; No. 06-16164

DAVID MAIER; BRUCE MILLER;

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA,  D.C. No.

CV-86-06160-TEH

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

OPINION

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS AFFAIRS,

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge, Presiding

8731 8732 NEHMER v. USDVA Argued and Submitted April 18, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed July 19, 2007

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, John T. Noonan, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion…