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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2023 MSPB 16 Docket No. PH-0714-19-0128-I-1 Mikhail Semenov, Appellant, v. Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2022 MSPB 43 Docket No. CH-0714-19-0348-I-1 Natalie P. Stroud, Appellant, v. Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2022 MSPB 11 Docket No. DE-0432-14-0448-I-1 Kelly J. Lee, Appellant, v. Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2022 MSPB 6 Docket No. AT-1221-15-0157-W-1 Javier Soto, Appellant, v. Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

Case: 20-1321 Document: 109 Page: 1 Filed: 12/08/2020 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC., PETER CIANCHETTA, MICHAEL REGIS, ANDREW TANGEN, Petitioners v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________ 2020-1321

HULL, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs Donna Trask and Anita Truitt (the “plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) in their employment discrimination action brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., a

USCA11 Case: 19-14645 Date Filed: 08/03/2021 Page: 1 of 55 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 19-14645 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:18-cv-01269-MSS-JSS SAID I. HAKKI, M.D.,

Case: 15-11709 Date Filed: 04/05/2016 Page: 1 of 31 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-11709 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:13-cv-00536-MSS-TBM DONNA TRASK, ANITA TRUITT,

USCA11 Case: 22-12354 Document: 50-1 Date Filed: 12/22/2025 Page: 1 of 49 FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-12354 ____________________ AILEEN MULLIN,

OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge: This case involves a group of Filipino World War II veterans and their widows who did not receive payments under the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (“FVEC”), a fund established by statute in 2009 to give a one-time payment to each qualifying service member. These veterans and their widows either: (1) were inel

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM N. WEBER, M.D.,  No. 06-35522 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV 04-046-H-SEH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS  ORDER AFFAIRS AND ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, AMENDING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, OPINION AND Defendants-Appellees.

512 F.3d 1178 (2008) William N. WEBER, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS and Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Defendants-Appellees. No. 06-35522. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 19, 2007. Filed January 15, 2008. *1179 Bruce

521 F.3d 1061 (2008) William N. WEBER, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS and Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Defendants-Appellees. No. 06-35522. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 19, 2007. Filed January 15, 2008. Amended April 4, 2008.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM N. WEBER, M.D.,  Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 06-35522 v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS  D.C. No. CV 04-046-H-SEH AFFAIRS AND ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, OPINION SECRETARY OF VETERAN

MAYER, Circuit Judge. Carolyn J. Patrick (“Mrs. Patrick”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) denying her application for an award of attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). See Patrick v. Shin

SCHROEDER, Senior Circuit Judge, dissenting: “Let me see if I’ve got this straight: in order to be grounded, I’ve got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I’m not crazy any more and I have to keep flying.” Catchr-22 (Paramount Pictures 1970), adaptation of the novel by Joseph Heller (1961). I agree with

MAYER, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Because neither 38 U.S.C. § 7109(a) nor 38 U.S.C. § 5103A authorizes the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to secure medical opinions from Department of Veterans Affairs (‘VA”) employees, and because neither provides an exception to the requirement of 38 U.S.C. § 7104(a) that “[a]ll questions ... subject to decision by the Secretary shall be subject to one review on appeal,” 38 C.F.R

GAJARSA, Circuit Judge. Disabled American Veterans (“DAV”), Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (“VFW”), National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. (“NOVA”), and Paralyzed Veterans of America (“PVA”) (collectively “petitioners”) petition for review of regulations promulgated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), 38 C.F.R. §§ 19.9, 19.31, 20.903, 20.1304 (2002), that permit the Board of Veterans’ A

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PROST. Circuit Judge GAJARSA concurs-in-part, dissents-in-part. PROST, Circuit Judge. Paralyzed Veterans of America (“PVA”), Disabled American Veterans (“DAV”), National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. (“NOVA”), and National Organization of Black Veterans, John J. Castillo, and Joseph Holmes (“NABVETS”) (collectively “Petitioners”) challenge the valid

327 F.3d 1339 DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Petitioners, andNational Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc., Petitioner, andParalyzed Veterans of America, Petitioner,v.SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent. No. 02-7304. No. 02-7305. No. 02-7316. United States Court of Appeals,