Marcotte v. Secretary of Defense

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

THEIS, Judge.

This aged case, now over nine years old and the oldest active case on the Court’s docket, was tried to the Court on May 28 and 29, 1985. The parties called only one witness each and offered a total of forty exhibits. Since trial, both parties have submitted post-trial briefs although neither party has submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Nevertheless, after hearing all of the testimony, weighing and evaluating the credibility of all the witnesses, examining the voluminous exhibits admitted at trial, and reviewing the…