Authorities Cited: United States Code 38 U.S.C. § 4311 38 U.S.C. § 4311(a) 38 U.S.C. § 4323 38 U.S.C. § 4323(b) 38 U.S.C. § 4323(b)(1) 38 U.S.C. § 4323(b)(2) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 517 U.S. 44 Circuit Courts 404 F.2d 14, 20 559 F.2d 1040, 1041 665 F.2d 553, 560 690 F.2d 489, 500 778 F.2d 1052, 1059 939 F.2d 1231, 1240 963 F.2d 795, 799 12 F.3d 1373, 1379 28 F.3d 1388, 1397-1398 33 F.3d 498, 504 44 F.3d 308, 313-314 53 F.3d 723, 725 119 F.3d 305, 323-324 129 F.3d 736, 739 130 F.3d 1139, 1142 130 F.3d 1154, 1160 165 F.3d 593, 594 168 F.3d 241, 253 171 F.3d 279, 288 201 F.3d 646, 650 230 F.3d 765, 771 255 F.3d 254, 258 266 F.3d 343, 349 304 F.3d 476, 486 305 F.3d 314, 323 472 F.3d 261, 265 482 F.3d 809 495 F.3d 185, 190 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 44(a) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 801(c) Fed. R. Evid. 902(11)