Legal Opinion
John M. Harris, Jr. v. Denis McDonough
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided February 16, 2021No. 20-2547Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS NO. 20-2547 JOHN M. HARRIS, JR., PETITIONER, V. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, RESPONDENT. Before BARTLEY, Chief Judge, and PIETSCH and FALVEY, Judges. ORDER On April 13, 2020, petitioner John M. Harris, Jr., filed through counsel a petition for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of mandamus. In his petition, Mr. Harris requests that this Court compel VA to adjudicate his request to reopen, based on new and material evidence, its previous determination that his character of discharge (COD) was a bar to VA benefits.…
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