¶1ORDER
¶2The Secretary of Veterans Affairs responds to the court’s November 20, 2007 order and requests that the court summarily affirm the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) in Abel v. Nicholson, 03-310, 2005 WL 1175134 (May 4, 2005). Linda D. Abel has not responded.
¶3This case was stayed pending the court’s disposition in Sanders v. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 881 (Fed.Cir.2007) and its companion case Simmons v. Nicholson, 487 F.3d 892 (Fed.Cir.2007). In Sanders, this court held that any section 5103(a) error should be presumed prejudicial and the Secretary has the burden of rebutting this presumption. Id. at 891.
¶4*928The Secretary concedes that the only issue raised in this appeal is identical to the issue decided in Sandersand Simmons. Under these circumstances, summary affirmance is appropriate.
¶5Accordingly,
¶6IT IS ORDERED THAT:
¶7(1) The judgment of the CAVC is summarily affirmed. The case is remanded for further proceedings.
¶8(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.