Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) 38 U.S.C. § 4301 38 U.S.C. § 4302(b) 38 U.S.C. § 4304(2) 38 U.S.C. § 4311 38 U.S.C. § 4311(c)(1) 38 U.S.C. § 4312 38 U.S.C. § 4312(a)(1) 38 U.S.C. § 4312(a)(3) 38 U.S.C. § 4313 38 U.S.C. § 4313 38 U.S.C. § 4313(a) 38 U.S.C. § 4313(a)(2)(A) 38 U.S.C. § 4315(a) 38 U.S.C. § 4316 38 U.S.C. § 4316(a) Code of Federal Regulations 20 C.F.R. § 1002.123 20 C.F.R. § 1002.123(a)(2) 20 C.F.R. § 1002.181 20 C.F.R. § 1002.22 20 C.F.R. § 1002.33 Supreme Court 431 U.S. 581, 585 475 U.S. 574, 587 477 U.S. 242, 252 477 U.S. 317, 322 Circuit Courts 13 F.3d 253, 257 75 F.3d 98, 106 186 F.3d 685, 689 216 F.3d 549, 557 396 F.3d 730, 734-737 401 F.3d 440, 443 411 F.3d 1231, 1234-1239 452 F.3d 299, 303-304 496 F.3d 922, 930 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) 121 F. Supp. 2d 1126, 1133-1139 225 F. Supp. 2d 1206, 1208 360 F. Supp. 1336, 1339 970 F. Supp. 55, 58