Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 704 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(B) 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a) 38 U.S.C. § 502 38 U.S.C. § 901 38 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1) Code of Federal Regulations 38 C.F.R. § 1.218 38 C.F.R. § 1.218(a) 38 C.F.R. § 1.218(a)(14) Supreme Court 286 U.S. 210, 234 340 U.S. 290, 293 362 U.S. 17, 23-25 385 U.S. 39, 47 387 U.S. 136, 152 408 U.S. 104, 115 413 U.S. 601, 615 424 U.S. 1, 108-109 424 U.S. 828 433 U.S. 119, 134 453 U.S. 114, 129 454 U.S. 263, 267-269 461 U.S. 171, 178 473 U.S. 788, 800 482 U.S. 569 486 U.S. 281, 293-295 486 U.S. 750, 759 497 U.S. 720 497 U.S. 871, 890 505 U.S. 672 505 U.S. 788, 798-799 505 U.S. 830 507 U.S. 292, 300-301 523 U.S. 666 524 U.S. 569, 580 539 U.S. 113, 119-120 543 U.S. 220, 320 Circuit Courts 857 F.2d 1307, 1315 864 F.2d 757, 765 873 F.2d 1528, 1549-1550 917 F.2d 529, 537 946 F.2d 710, 714 5 F.3d 1557, 1570 120 F.3d 623, 631 174 F.3d 180, 186 209 F.3d 18, 21 219 F.3d 1166, 1171 234 F.3d 682, 688 288 F.3d 1309 314 F.3d 584, 590 317 F.3d 1384, 1386 340 F.3d 1378, 1381 422 F.3d 815, 820