Legal Opinion
Ella Ward v. Robert A. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 12, 2014No. 12-5374PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT.
KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Ella Ward was an attorney advisor at the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA), a part of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). After developing a medical condition that required lengthy daily treatments and prevented her from sitting at a desk for long periods, she sought an accommodation allowing her to work full-time from home. Ward supported her request with two physicians’ letters containing terse descriptions of her *28condition. When…
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