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Vet. App. No. 19-9134 Vet. App. No. 19-9134 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS MAHMOOD A. ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. DAT P. TRAN, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS BRIEF OF APPELLEE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RICHARD J. HIPOLIT Deputy General Counsel, Veterans’ Programs MARY ANN FLYNN Chief Counsel MEGAN C. KRAL Deputy Chief Counsel JAMES M. CARLSON Appellate Attorney Office of General Counsel (027L) U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20420 202-632-6796 Attorneys for Appellee TABLE OF CONTENTS ISSUE PRESENTED ........................................................................................1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE ..........................................................................1 A. JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT .................................................................1 B. NATURE OF THE CASE .............................................................................1 C. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS ........................................................2 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ...................................................................7 ARGUMENT .....................................................................................................7 The Board’s Factual Findings Are Not Clearly Erroneous, and It Supported the Decision with an Adequate Statement of Reasons or Bases ....................... 7 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 23 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Federal Cases Allday v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 517 (1995) ........................................................ 9, 11 Bryant v. Shinseki, 23 Vet.App. 488 (2010) ...................................................... 13 Caluza v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 498 (1995) ........................................................... 21 Coker v. Nicholson, 19 Vet.App. 439 (2006) .......................................... 11-12, 12 D'Aries v. Peake, 22 Vet.App. 97 (2008) ................................................ 15, 18-19 DAV v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs, 419 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir, 2005) ................... 20 Dyment v. West, 13 Vet.App. 141 (1999) ..................................................... 15-16 Gagne v. McDonald, 27 Vet.App. 397 (2015) ................................................... 21 Gilbert v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 49 (1990) ........................................ 9, 11, 14, 18 Gobber v. Derwinski, 2 Vet.App. 470 .......................................................... 17, 18 Golz v. Shinseki, 590 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ............................................. 17 Hilkert v. West, 12 Vet.App. 145 (1999) (en banc) ................................ 11, 12, 23 Kuppamala v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 447 (2015) ........................................... 20 Lamb v. Peake, 22 Vet.App. 227 (2008) ..................................................... 12, 15 Locklear v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 410 (2006) ..................................... 11, 12, 22 Marciniak v. Brown, 10 Vet.App. 198 (1997) ............................................... 12, 23 Nolen v. Gober, 14 Vet.App. 183 (2000) ........................................................... 10 Overton v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 427 (2006) .................................................. 12 Robinson v. Peake, 21 Vet.App. 545 (2008) ..................................................... 22 Shedden v. Principi, 381 F.3d 1163 (Fed. Cir. 2004) ........................................ 15 Shinseki v. Sanders, 556 U.S. 396 (2009) ........................................................ 23 Stegall v. West, 11 Vet.App. 268 (1998) ........................................................... 15 Valiao v. Principi, 17 Vet.App. 229 (2003) ........................................................ 12 Walch v. Shinseki, 563 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2009) .......................................... 17 Wallin v. West, 11 Vet.App. 509 (1998) ...................................................... 19, 20 Washington v. Nicholson, 19 Vet.App. 362 (2005) .................................. 7, 14-15 Wood v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 190 (1991) ....................................................... 17 Federal Statutes 38 U.S.C. § 511 ........................................................................................... 20, 21 38 U.S.C. § 5103A .................................................................................. 9, 10, 18 iii 38 U.S.C. § 7252 ................................................................................................. 1 38 U.S.C. § 7261 ............................................................................. 10, 14, 17, 23 Federal Regulations 38 C.F.R. § 3.103 .............................................................................................. 13 38 C.F.R. § 3.303 .......................................................................................... 7, 21 38 C.F.R. § 3.307 ....................................................................................... passim 38 C.F.R. § 3.309 ................................................................................................ 9 38 C.F.R. § 3.321 .............................................................................................. 20 CITATIONS TO THE RECORD BEFORE THE AGENCY R. at 1-12 (October 24, 2019, Board Decision) ............................................ passim R. at 16-25 (July 2019 SSOC) ................................................................................7 R. at 65-68 (December 2017 Board Remand) .......................................................6 R. at 103-06 (January 2017 JSRRC Coordinator Formal Finding) ..... 6, 16, 17, 22 R. at 164 (Service Personnel Record) ...................................................................2 R. at 178-79 (May 1970 Performance Report) ............................................ 2, 6, 22 R. at 197 (DD 214) .................................................................................................2 R. at 210-15 (September 2016 Board Remand) ......................................... 5, 6, 15 R. at 244-49 (March 2016 SSOC) ..........................................................................5 R. at 992-95 (April 2015 Board Remand) ...............................................................5 R. at 1018-31 (November 2012 Board Hearing Transcript) ......................... passim R. at 1053-55 (September 2011 VA Form 9) .........................................................4 R. at 1089-90 (August 2011 SOC) .........................................................................4 R. at 1131 (November 2010 NOD) .........................................................................4 R. at 1137-38 (September 2010 Rating Decision Notification Letter) ....................4 R. at 1144-48 (August 2010 Rating Decision) ........................................................4 R. at 1149 (August 2010 JSRRC Coordinator Memorandum) .......................... 3, 5 R. at 1150 (August 2010 Deferred Rating Decision) ..............................................3 R. at 1291 (July 2010 PIES Response) .................................................................3 R. at 1296-1319 (July 2010 RO Letter) ..................................................................3 R. at 1346 (July 2010 PIES Request) ....................................................................3 R. at 1348-62 (June 2010 VA Form 21-526) ..................................................... 2, 3 R. at 1428 (March 1978 Court Decree) ..................................................................2 iv IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS MAHMOOD A. ABDULLAH, ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Vet. App. No. 19-9134 ) DAT P. TRAN, ) Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, ) Appellee. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS BRIEF OF APPELLEE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ISSUES PRESENTED Whether the Court should affirm the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ (Board) October 24, 2019, decision that denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension. STATEMENT OF THE CASE A. JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT The Court has exclusive jurisdiction to review the final decisions of the Board under 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). B. NATURE OF THE CASE On October 24, 2019, the Board issued a decision denying service connection for type II diabetes and hypertension, to include as secondary to herbicide exposure. (Record Before the Agency (R.) at 5 (1-12)). Appellant, Mahmood A. Abdullah,1 appealed to this Court in December 2019. Appellant contends that the Board clearly erred in its factual findings, to include those about the duty to assist, the VA hearing officer’s obligations, and whether there was compliance with an earlier Board remand. Appellant further contends that the Board did not provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its determinations. The Secretary disputes these contentions and urges the Court to affirm the Board’s decision. C. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS Appellant served on active duty in the Air Force from February 1969 to June 1970, (R. at 197), and had service at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona while assigned to the 3525th Supply Squadron. (R. at 164 (chronological listing of service)). He also had service at Air Force bases in Texas and Colorado but no overseas service. (R. at 164, 197). Appellant began his military occupational specialty (MOS) as an inventory management specialist (MOS code 6430) in June 1969. (R. at 164, 197). A May 1970 performance report
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