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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the conditions at the Board at the specificity of va law, does any one know how easy/ difficult it is to leave the Board and go to va ogc? Any guidance would be helpful.[/quote]

It is possible to go from the Board to VA OGC. A few of my colleagues have made the transfer to the VA OGC component that defends Board decisions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. However, don't join the Board with the expectation that you will be able to transfer to VA OGC. In order to be competitive for VA OGC vacancies, you will need work at the Board for approximately 2-3 years. A lot can go wrong in that period. There's a reason why the Board does several mass hiring sprees a year, and that reason is that management has no qualms about removing new attorneys through forced resignations. In fact, management forces dozens of attorneys each year to resign. If management doesn't like you, you may be out of a job in approximately 10 months. You won't be competitive for VA OGC or other federal positions if you have a forced resignation on your record (you must disclose the forced resignation when applying for other federal positions). Moreover, VA OGC doesn't hire all the time, as hiring is dependent on budgetary considerations. In other words, you may have to wait a while for a VA OGC vacancy to open up.

Also, keep in mind that the attorneys at the VA OGC component that defends Board decisions all have very heavy workloads. That position is no walk in the park. [/quote]

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