quoted a passage from Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244, 270, 114 S.Ct. 1483, 128 L.Ed.2d 229 (1994) ("[s]ince the early days of this Court, we have declined to give retroactive effect to statutes burdening private rights unless Congress had made clear its intent”), that would appear inapplicable to the situation presented by the VCAA, in which the federal government imposed additional obligations on itself toward private parties a Fed.Reg. at 45,620 (providing, except as to three provisions relating to reopening of claims, that "the provisions of this final rule apply to any claim for benefits received by VA on or after November 9, 2000, as well as to any claim filed before that date but not yet decided by VA as of that date”); VA Gen. Coun. Prec. 11-00, supra note 3 (<HOLDING>). 7 . In this regard, the Court recently
holding aedpa applicable to petition filed on or after aedpas effective date recognizing the late date of a motion to withdraw filed three weeks before trial holding aedpa applicable when petition was filed in june 1996 but motion to stay execution was filed in november 1995 holding vcaa generally applicable to claims filed before november 9 2000 but not finally decided as of that date holding that it may be decided as a matter of law