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63 results for “Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs”

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24-6041 Daniel Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Second Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-split claims-processing federal-rules jurisdictional-rules statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii) is jurisdictional or claims processing?
24A195 Louis Frantzis v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-08-22 Presumed Complete administrative-exhaustion administrative-law federal-circuit judicial-review time-extension veterans-benefits Whether a veteran can challenge a Department of Veterans Affairs benefits determination through a timely judicial appeal after exhausting administrati…
24-5304 Angela Goldman Selby v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-08-12 Denied agent-orange color-of-law due-process fifth-amendment takings-clause veterans-rights Did the Veteran Affairs violate constitutional rights by improperly applying regulations and disbursing funds owed to deceased veterans exposed to Age…
24-67 Tammie L. Terrell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied age-discrimination-in-employment-act burden-of-proof but-for-causation causation differential-treatment employment-discrimination federal-employment personnel-action retaliation title-vii Whether differential treatment must contribute to the ultimate decision
24-10 Marecia Bell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied 42-usc-2000e-16 employment-law federal-employment pay-discrimination protected-class summary-judgment title-vii title-vii-discrimination Whether a failure to follow federal rules relating to pay without credible explanation that results in a protected class receiving less pay than other…
23-7331 Carol Ann McBratnie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act case-precedent disability disability-status employee employment-law job-applicant medical-inquiry reasonable-accommodation Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan apply the wrong standard to a new job applicant un…
23M95 John Hassan v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-04-25 Presumed Complete None
23-7140 Paul Wright v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied administrative-procedures-act article-i article-iii court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims delegated-powers veterans-judicial-review-act Whether an aggrieved veteran's right to judicial review of the Article I veteran-benefit administrative process is independent of review of decisions …
23-1019 Dennis McLain v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied causation-standard civil-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-employee federal-employment jury-instruction retaliation title-vii whistleblowing Whether the jury should be instructed on the causation standard delineated in Babb v. Wilkie for federal employee Title VII claims
23A797 Marvin H. Johnson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-02-28 Presumed Complete board-of-veterans-appeals disability-compensation effective-date jurisdiction pro-se veterans-benefits Whether the Veterans Court properly dismissed a pro se veteran's appeal for lack of jurisdiction when the appeal raised claims not previously presente…
23M58 Paul Wright v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-26 Presumed Complete None
23-779 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied accardi-doctrine administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit judicial-review notice-requirements statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether the Federal Circuit misinterpreted 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a)(1) to allow VA to issue evidentiary notice only before receiving a veteran's claim
23-765 Mital Suman Kumar Patel v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fourth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied civil-rights disparate-impact employment employment-discrimination medical-certification national-origin title-vii veterans-affairs Did this violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by disparately impacting Dr. Patel and other like applicants on the basis of their national…
23-543 Solena Y. Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied 38-usc-7104 38-usc-7292 administrative-law chenery-doctrine fact-finding implicit-denial judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-benefits veterans-affairs veterans-claims When the VA fails to adjudicate a claim for benefits, may a reviewing Court find that the VA meant to implicitly deny the claim, without running afoul…
23-465 Timothy Dolbin v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights class-action mootness personal-stake relation-back rule-23 stare-decisis veterans-affairs veterans-appeals Whether a named plaintiff whose individual claim becomes moot after the denial of a request for class certification and class action can still appeal …
23A343 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-17 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure agency-regulation notice-requirement statutory-interpretation veterans-claims veterans-disability-benefits Whether the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide individualized notice tailored to a veteran's specific claim, accounting for information previ…
23A339 Norman F. Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-16 Presumed Complete 38-USC-7261 benefit-of-the-doubt-rule de-novo-review PTSD-disability-rating standard-of-review veterans-benefits Whether 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1) requires the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to conduct de novo review of the Secretary of Veterans …
23-380 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied administrative-law agency-discretion agent-orange-act chicago-convention herbicide-exposure international-civil-aviation judicial-review procopio-v-wilkie service-connection veterans-benefits whether-a-proper-construction-of-the-bwn-act-warra whether-the-secretary-conducted-a-flawed-interpret Whether the Federal Circuit's Decision Warrants Certiorari
23A304 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-06 Presumed Complete None Question not identified.
23-178 Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad
23-5382 Julie A. Graham v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-charges due-process employee-suspension employment employment-law hearing-requirements Whether an employer's indefinite suspension of an employee without a pre-suspension hearing violates the employee's due process rights
23-137 Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant, was its intent clear that a substituted appellant co…
23-114 Sharon A. Finizie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure factual-findings judicial-procedure legal-error legal-errors misapplication-of-law rule-of-law standard-of-review third-circuit Did the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly…
23A12 Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-07-07 Presumed Complete None Question not identified.
22-1244 Angela Joseph v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights employment-discrimination federal-procedure job-performance protected-class summary-judgment wrongful-termination Whether summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civic Procedure Rule 56 standard was improperly granted
22-1036 Ronda L. Cormier v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fifth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit meaningful-access pro-se pro-se-appeal summary-judgment willis-v-cleco Did the Fifth Circuit's automatic application of Willis v. Cleco violate the pro se Petitioner's rights to equal-protection, meaningful-access-to-cour…
22-7324 Byron R. Fisher v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disability-claims due-process judicial-review military-service standing veterans-benefits Did the lower court violate the constitutional rights of an Iraq War Veteran (Petitioner) by not addressing the crimes committed by the Respondent?
22-888 James R. Rudisill v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-15 Judgment Issued civil-procedure education-benefits montgomery-gi-bill post-9/11-gi-bill qualifying-service statutory-interpretation veterans veterans-benefits Whether a veteran with two distinct qualifying periods of service may receive education benefits under both the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills
22-845 Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the presumption of regularity violates due process
22-6915 Leon H. McCormick v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-815 Victor B. Skaar v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied administrative-law all-writs-act class-action exhaustion exhaustion-requirement federal-circuit injunctive-relief judicial-jurisdiction statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-court Does the Veterans Court have statutory or inherent authority to include veterans whose individual claims are not yet exhausted in a class seeking inju…
22-605 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied administrative-law agency-deference mootness Munsingwear SEC-v-Chenery vacatur Whether under the United States v. Munsingwear 340 U.S. 36 (1950) the Court should grant certiorari and vacate the decisions below in this case that b…
22-6093 Steven L. London v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied constitutional-rights cushman-v-shinseki disability-claims due-process government-liability property-rights retroactive-benefits statutory-deadline veterans-benefits Does Cushman's determination of the constitutional duty to protect a veteran's property rights apply to the six-year statutory deadline in 31 U.S.C. §…
22-6056 Susan Kay Slivicki v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied ada-accommodation agency-misconduct civil-rights contract-breach defamation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-employment geographic-exclusion non-communication owcp veterans-preference Contract-law,civil-rights,federal-employment,ada,veterans-preference,hippa
22-456 Lynett S. Wilson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. First Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss waiver Whether a complaint that states a claim may be dismissed on the grounds that a plaintiff waived an argument against dismissal by failing to make the a…
22-5999 Enrique M. Flores-Vazquez v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied administrative-law appeals-process due-process evidence evidence-review judicial-mandate judicial-review veterans-affairs Authority-to-disregard-mandates
22-360 Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-construction statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether courts can defer to the construction of a statute by the Department of Veterans Affairs without first considering whether the statute permits …
22M30 Enrique M. Flores-Vazquez v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-10-17 Presumed Complete None
22-299 Trisha Doran v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied age-discrimination babb eeoc eeoc-regulations federal-sector federal-sector-claims honest-belief-rule mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework title-vii Whether this Court's rationale in Babb applies to federal-sector Title VII claims; and if so whether the McDonnell-Douglas framework has been abrogate…
22A202 Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-09-02 Presumed Complete None
22-5142 David Adeyi v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied administrative-delay civil-rights covid-19-disruption disability-compensation due-process federal-circuit judicial-review pandemic-disruption service-connected-injury veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Should veteran be allowed to move his case forward, after he filed late with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, due to the Covid-19 pa…
21-1505 Mark H. Bonner v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied article-i-court clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error collateral-estoppel equitable-jurisdiction equitable-remedy federal-circuit res-judicata veterans-claims Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has jurisdiction to decide a veteran's claim based on the equitable remedy of collateral estoppe…
21-7936 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied benefits civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus incarceration retroactive-rule section-2255 special-appointment standing substantive-law Whether a disabled veteran has personal stake, interest, or standing to seek that his withheld 2021 benefit, due to his incarceration, receive a 'spec…
21-1462 Cheryl Griffith v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied attorney-fees blum-v-stenson contract-principles fee-shifting fees-and-costs johnson-v-georgia-hwy-exp-inc market-rates prevailing-market-rate prevailing-party settlement-agreement statutory-fee-shifting statutory-interpretation Whether a settlement in a case covered by statutory fee shifting provisions requires fees to be determined under Blum v. Stenson's prevailing market r…
21-1453 Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their clai…
21-7787 Faith M. Hibbard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure claim-filing due-process procedural-law service-connected-disability standing statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the court erred in denying benefits based on a hypothetical-entitlement-theory
21M116 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-04-27 Presumed Complete None
21-7028 Fred Pride v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied administrative-law due-process equal-protection informal-claim medical-record pro-se pro-se-veteran va-medical-records veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether the VA failed to ensure due process and equal protection for a pro se veteran by not examining all claims found in the medical record
21-972 Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro…
21-6344 Joseph J. Snyder v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied administrative-regulation amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis department-of-veterans-affairs disability-benefits disability-compensation presumptive-service-connection regulatory-creation service-connection statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeded its statutory authority in promulgating 38 C.F.R. § 3.318, which provides veterans with presumptiv…
21-6311 Curtis R. Gaylord v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied administrative-law congressional-intent constitutional-rights discretionary-authority due-process fifth-amendment property-rights public-policy va-proceedings va-regulations veterans-benefits Are Veterans benefits a property right/interest protected under the United States Constitution, Fifth Amendment?
21-5850 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law equal-protection federal-employment federal-law policy-procedure race-discrimination racial-discrimination Whether this Federal employer may use a Substantive Procedure contrary to Federal law and DVA Policy & Procedure
21-465 James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the term 'relevant official service department records' in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s 'reconsideration' provision encompasses all records that …
21-432 Adolfo R. Arellano v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-21 Judgment Issued 38-usc-5110 disability-benefits disability-compensation equitable-tolling federal-circuit irwin-v-department-of-veterans-affairs judicial-review statutory-deadline veterans veterans-benefits Does Irwin's rebuttable presumption of equitable tolling apply to the one-year statutory deadline in 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) for seeking retroactive di…
21-234 Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-08-17 Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali…
20-1691 Paul E. Robinson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review veterans-benefits Did the court of appeals violate constitutional rights of the veteran?
20-1532 Diana Garvey v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-regulation chevron-deference judicial-review plain-meaning statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits willful-misconduct Whether the Secretary's regulation redefines the statutory definition of 'veteran' in an impermissible manner
20-7599 Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera…
20-1271 Daryl R. Blanton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied 38-usc-5109a administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error due-process federal-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Is the Cook standard to establish CUE in a VA decision erroneously restrictive?
20-1190 Richard D. Simmons v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied administrative-law agency-action agency-deference article-1-legislative-power chenery-doctrine chenery-rule constitutional-delegation due-process judicial-review prejudicial-error Must a court, when taking due account of the rule of prejudicial error on review of agency action, comport with Chenery?
20-1148 Robert M. Sellers v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied civil-rights claim-scope disability-compensation due-process pro-veteran-canon service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When a veteran has submitted an application for disability benefits, does the veteran's claim encompass all reasonably identifiable conditions within …
20-1139 Florence Jones v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied administrative-law agency-decision agency-decision-making circuit-split due-process federal-circuit judicial-review retrospective-elaboration veterans-affairs veterans-benefits When a federal agency fails contemporaneously to explain its reasons for an action, must the retrospective elaboration be of a decisionmaker with auth…
20-6963 F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs Whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to take adverse acts causing harm…