WPC m)g*^8#GTQ[6 @ɀp,&{D~I2m(n{g {Z`Vҹat'"X#Q=wทyc%@–L:VHfBivݬ_ BvgwS% n逍(tӉ٫qSI/펖gs؛ܯW\,AU&||t5:c8O@; խl62A2Ge#0 L4*L*>tRvpȻrnW_wO34o& ?s ~\s? y;'ax''KDU`(2&AܹiǷrLVTڽLQbN ~!/8ܼa/=9v 6ȝu] # UN %G 0(M~u w@49MUN\     HP LaserJet 5P/5MP (HP)HPPCL5G,,,,,,0nLF(uH Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($   ' USCVA0USCVA .   ȿ HAEIADJAKAӀLAMANAOAPADQA?(?(j3|xQA`6Times New Roman RegularȿH !       [ 7   XXdd7 KA=}1Xdd=KAKA=XXdd=KAMALA%  LAMANAMA%  MANANA%  NA@UNITEDSTATESCOURTOFAPPEALSFORVETERANSCLAIMS       No.982247@*DeeW.Kilpatrick,    h      p Appellant, `  ̜   ` v.̜TogoD.West,Jr.  p  SecretaryofVeteransAffairs, h      p Appellee. `   @ BeforeNEBEKER,ChiefJudge,andHOLDAWAYandSTEINBERG,Judges. 0  Ѐ @ @@  C ORDER     HABABAHA  TheappellantappealsthroughcounselanAugust24,1998,BoardofVeterans'AppealsϜ(Board)decisionthatdeniedDepartmentofVeteransAffairs(VA)financialassistanceinthepurchaseofspecialadaptivehousing,anautomobile,andadaptiveequipment,andaspecialhome-adaptationgrant.Record(R.)at3.OnMay11,1999,theappellantfiledabrief.OnOctober15,1999,theSecretaryfiledabrief.Inhisbrief,theSecretarydoesnotaddresstheappellant'sprimaryarguments,buttheSecretaryalsoassertsthat"[h]especificallydoesnotconcedeanyissue...which[he]didnotaddress,andreservestherighttoaddresssameiftheCourtfindsitnecessaryoradvisable."Brief(Br.)at7.TheCourtdoes.̜HABA_BAHA̜IACACAIA  Hence,wewillordertheSecretarytofileasupplementalbriefinthiscaseaddressingalloftheappellant'sargumentsthattheSecretaryhasnotyetaddressedandastowhichhedoesnot"concede"theappellant'sposition,includingthoseidentifiedinthesectionoftheSecretary'sbriefcaptioned," 2.Appellant'sNewlyRaisedArguments "(Br.at4).TheSecretary'ssupplementalbrief 0 shouldincludeadiscussionoftheappellant'sargumentsconcerningthevalidityofVAGen.Coun.Prec.2497(July3,1997),bothsubstantivelyandintermsoftheprocessbywhichitwasissuedbyVA,aswellaswhetheritappliestothiscaseandwhetheranydeferenceisowedtothatprecedentialopinion,seeChevronv.NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil,467U.S.837,843(1984).Finally,the #! SecretaryshouldaddresstheapplicationofMaggittv.West,No.997023,2000WL124452(Fed. $" Cir.Feb.3,2000),andStuckeyv.West,13Vet.App.163(1999),totheSecretary'sargumentthatthe % # CourtshouldnotaddresstheargumentsraisedbytheappellanttotheCourtbutnottotheBoardinthiscase.    Uponconsiderationoftheforegoing,itis  ORDEREDthat,notlaterthan30daysafterthedateofthisorder,theSecretaryfile,andserveontheappellant,asupplementalGAbriefGAGAmemorandumGAinaccordancewiththisorderandthataddressesthoseargumentsraisedintheappellant'sbriefthattheSecretarydoesnotconcede.Itisfurther -@),   ORDEREDthat,notlaterthan20daysafterserviceoftheSecretary'ssupplementalFAbriefFAFAmemorandumFA,theappellantmayfileasupplementalEAmemorandumEAEAbriefEAinresponse.DATED: ` OAMarch21,2000OAPA h  h  h PAQA%  QA h     PERCURIAM.  ̜LAJA%  JALA