
    Harold W. VAN ALLEN, Claimant-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 04-7058.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    DECIDED: April 12, 2004.
    Virginia G. Farrier, Principal Attorney, Mark A. Melnick, David M. Cohen, of Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Harold W. Van Allen, Hurley, NY, pro se.
   ORDER

The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is

ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.  