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Organic Farming Certificate Program Virtual Open House

With our Organic Farming Certificate Program (OFCP), you can earn a certificate in organic farming in just one year. Be…

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Service to Opportunity: Matching Veterans to Open Jobs in the Pittsburgh Region

ServicetoOpportunity.org, a new web-based initiative launched by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, aims to connect returning veterans in ...…

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Veterans cemeteries will be fully open to visitors this Memorial Day

[ad_1] After two years of limited attendance at Veterans Affairs cemeteries on Memorial Day because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this…

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VA to target military medics for open health care jobs under new bill

[ad_1] Lawmakers want military medical professionals to keep taking care to their fellow service members even after they leave the…

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Registration Open for November’s Inaugural ‘Relationship Wellness Summit’ > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News

[ad_1] Strong relationships make for strong families, and with a strong family back at home, service members can focus…

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Single Judge Application; deficient reasons and bases; It is the Board’s responsibility as factfinder to assess and weigh the evidence.18 Here, we simply do not know the weight, if any, the Board gave this evidence in assigning a rating for appellant’s GERD. It is important for the Board to make such a finding in the first instance.19 We recognize that the Secretary offers several arguments about why extraschedular referral is not warranted for appellant’s GERD. However, it is ultimately not his prerogative to provide an explanation that the Board did not. As we have often said, the Secretary cannot make up for the Board’s deficient statement of reasons or bases.20; 19 See Tadlock v. McDonough, 5 F.4th 1327, 1337-38 (Fed. Cir. 2021) (“Where additional findings of fact are necessary regarding mattes open to debate, the proper action is for the Veterans Court is to remand to the Board for consideration of those facts in the first instance.”).; 20 See In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1345-46 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (“‘[C]ourts may not accept appellate counsel’s post hoc rationalization for agency action.’” (quoting Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States, 371 U.S. 156, 168 (1962))); McCray v. Wilkie, 31 Vet.App. 243, 258 (2019) (“[T]he Secretary’s impermissible post-hoc rationalization cannot make up for shortcomings in the Board’s assessment.”); Simmons v. Wilkie, 30 Vet.App. 267, 277 (2018) (holding that the “Court cannot accept the Secretary’s post-hoc rationalizations” to cure the Board’s reasons-or-bases errors), aff’d, 964 F.3d 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2020); Smith v. Nicholson, 19 Vet.App. 63, 73 (2015) (“[I]t is not the task of the Secretary to rewrite the Board’s decision through his pleadings filed in this Court.”).;

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VA claim open forever? » HadIt.com For Veterans Who’ve Had It With The VA

[ad_1] For Dependent Spouses, Children and Parents of deceased Veterans VA service representatives can answer questions about benefits eligibility and…

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U.S. Seeks to Open More Locations to Aid Evacuation From Kabul, General Says > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News

[ad_1] DOD officials provided an overview of efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and eligible Afghans from Kabul. John F. Kirby,…

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Here’s what to do if you’re having trouble getting DoD travel discounts now open to veterans

[ad_1] Are you having trouble getting access to the discounts on DoD’s American Forces Travel site? An additional 16 million…

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Space Command, Navy Share Commonalities in Keeping Open Lines of Communication > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News

[ad_1] The oceans are big, but space is even bigger, the commander of U.S. Space Command said. Still, the…

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