A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who was fired in September 2018, based partly on alleged poor performance that occurred before the signing of a law that made it easier to remove VA workers, will get another chance to fight for his job based on an appeals court ruling.
The Merit Systems Protection Board erred in upholding the firing of VA attorney Lawrence Brenner based on his job performance before June 23, 2017, when former President Donald Trump signed the VA Accountability Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled unanimously Tuesday.
Among his alleged deficiencies, Brenner ...
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