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  BeforeKRAMER,HOLDAWAY,andGREENE,Judges.   	 0   @    &  ORDER   	         BeforetheCourtistheappellant'sapplication,throughcounsel,forattorneyfeesandexpensesintheamountof$19,333.75,pursuanttotheEqualAccesstoJusticeAct(EAJA),28U.S.C.2412(d).TheSecretaryhasfiledamotiontodismissforlackofjurisdiction,andtheappellanthasfiledaresponsetotheSecretary'smotion.Forthereasonthatfollows,theCourtwilldismisstheappellant'sapplication.     Intheunderlyinglitigation,theappellantappealedaJuly1998decisionoftheBoardofVeterans'Appeals(Board),whichdetermined,interalia,thataMarch1976regionaloffice(RO)decision,whichhaddeniedentitlementtoserviceconnectionforchronicrenalfailureonthebasisthattheconditionpreexistedservice,containednoclearandunmistakableerror(CUE).InaJuly9,1999,order,thisCourtvacatedthedecisionandremandedthematteronthebasisthatboththe1976ROdecisionandtheBoarddecisionfailedtoaddresstheeffectofthelawexistingatthetimeoftheROdecisionregardingthepresumptionofsoundcondition.     Theappellant,throughhiscounsel,submittedaprematureEAJAapplication(App.)onAugust19,1999,whichwasfiledonOctober4,1999,afterentryofmandateinthiscase.Inhisapplication,theappellantstatedthat:(1)hewastheprevailingpartypursuanttotheJuly1999remandorder,(2)hisnetworthdidnotexceedthe$2,000,000.00limitforfilingundertheEAJA;(3)hisattorneyhadrepresentedhiminthemattersinceAugust1998;and(4)theattorneyhadincurredfeesandexpensesduringhisrepresentationoftheappellant,whichwereenumeratedinanattachmenttotheapplication.App.at1-2,Attachment.OnDecember3,1999,theSecretaryfiledamotiontodismissforlackofjurisdictiononthebasisthattheappellantfailedtoallegethatVA'spositionlackedsubstantialjustification.Inresponse,onDecember9,1999,112daysaftersubmissionofhisapplicationand66daysafterthefilingoftheapplication,theappellantfiledanamendmenttohisEAJAapplication,inwhichheallegedthatVA'spositionlackedsubstantialjustification.
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 1992,Pub.L.No.102572,506,106Stat.4506,4513(1992).InordertobeeligibleforanEAJAaward,theEAJAapplicationmustbefiledwithinthe30dayEAJAapplicationperiodsetforthin28U.S.C.2412(d)(1)(B).Inaddition,inordertosatisfyjurisdictionalrequirements,theapplicationmustcontainashowingthattheapplicantisaprevailingparty,anassertionthattheapplicantisapartyeligibleforanawardundertheEAJA,andanallegationthatthepositionoftheSecretarywasnotsubstantiallyjustified.See28U.S.C.2412(d)(1)(A)and(B);Chesserv.West,   	 @   11Vet.App.497,499(1998);Bazalov.Brown,9Vet.App.304,308(1996)(enbanc),rev'donother   	 0   groundssubnom.Bazalov.West,150F.3d1380,1384(Fed.Cir.1998).Althoughnota   	  p	   jurisdictionalrequirement,tobeapartyeligibleforanEAJAaward,anindividualmustshowthathisorhernetworthdidnotexceed$2,000,000.00atthetimethecivilactionwasfiled.See28   	  P
   U.S.C.2412(d)(2)(B);Bazalo,150F.3dat138384.   	 @        Contrarytothecontentionoftheappellant,theUnitedStatesCourtofAppealsfortheFederalCircuit(FederalCircuit)hasnotheldthat"therequirementtofile[anEAJAapplication]within30days[is]clearlyjurisdictional,buttheotherrequirementsofthestatute[are]not."Appellant'sResponse(Resp.)at1.Asindicatedabove,thisCourtspecificallyheldinBazalov.Brownthat,interalia,therequirementthatanapplicantmustallege,withintherequisite   	    30-daytimeperiod,thatVA'sactionslackedsubstantialjustificationisjurisdictional,andthatanapplicantmaynotamendajurisdictionallydefectiveapplicationoutsideofthat30-dayfilingperiod.See28U.S.C.2412(d)(1)(B);Bazalo,9Vet.App.at308-09.Onappeal,theFederalCircuitleft   	 `   intacttheholdingoftheCourtonthesubstantialjustificationquestion,addressingsolelythequestionwhetheratimelyfiledEAJAapplicationmaybesupplementedaftertheexpirationofthe30-dayperiodforfilingsetforthinsection2412(d)(1)(B)toshoweligibilitybyestablishingthattheapplicantmetthenetworthrequirementofsection2412(d)(2)(B).SeeBazalov.West,150F.3d   	  p   at1384(holding,whereapplicationallegedpositionofVAlackedsubstantialjustificationandstatedthatapplicantwas"aprevailingpartyandentitledtoreceiveanaward,"thatapplicationcouldbesupplementedoutside30-dayfilingperiodtoshowthatnetworthrequirementmetifGovernmentnotprejudicedthereby).Indeed,theFederalCircuitimplicitlyupheldthisCourt'srulingthatanallegationofsubstantialjustificationwithintherequisite30-dayperiodisjurisdictionalwhenitstatedthatMr.Bazalo,whohadspecificallyallegedalackofsubstantialjustificationinhisoriginal,timely,feeapplication,"metthejurisdictionalrequirements"oftheEAJAstatute.Id. Bazalov.West ,150F.3dat1384;seealso   	 "     Commissioner,INSv.Jean,496U.S.154,160(1990)(a"feeapplicationmustcontainanallegation   	 #!   'thatthepositionoftheUnitedStateswasnotsubstantiallyjustified'").Accordingly,theapplicationfiledbytheappellantwithinthe30-dayfilingperiod,whichcontainednomentionwhatsoeverregardingsubstantialjustification,isjurisdictionallydeficient.Theamendmentallegingalackofsubstantialjustification,filedwelloutsideoftherequisite30-dayperiod,cannotcorrectsuchajurisdictionaldeficit,seeBazalov.Brown,9Vet.App.at308-09,andtheCourtthereforelacks   	 P(#&   jurisdictionovertheappellant'sEAJAapplication.     Onconsiderationoftheabove,itis
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