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2005 Interior Dec. (IBLA) 232 (2005)

handle is hein.amindian/ibla2005 and id is 1 raw text is: HERBERT DENNIS IVEY

IBLA 2002-167                                 Decided January 6, 2005
Appeal from a decision of the Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land
Management, rejecting an Alaska Native Veteran allotment application. FF-93392.
Affirmed in part.
1.    Alaska: Alaska Native Veteran Allotment: Generally
BLM properly rejects an Alaska Native Veteran Allotment
application, pursuant to the Alaska Native Veterans
Allotment Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1629g (2000), when at the
time of the filing of the application, the lands had
previously been conveyed outside the ownership of the
United States.
APPEARANCES: Herbert Dennis Ivey, McGrath, Alaska, pro se; Joseph D. Darnell,
Esq., Office of the Regional Solicitor, Anchorage, Alaska, for the Bureau of Land
Management.
OPINION BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE HEMMER
Herbert Dennis Ivey appeals from a January 8, 2002, decision issued by the
Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), rejecting his Alaska Native
Veteran allotment application. The decision rejected the application on two grounds:
(1) portions of the land Ivey had applied for had been conveyed to the State of
Alaska prior to the date Ivey submitted an application; and (2) Ivey was not on active
duty in a branch of the United States military for the minimum 6 months during the
period between January 1, 1969, and December 31, 1971, as required in order to
qualify for an allotment under the Alaska Native Veterans Allotment Act (ANVAA),
43 U.S.C. § 1629g (2000). Ivey's service records indicated that he served in the
United States Navy from August 27, 1965, until April 30, 1969, when he was placed
on the temporary disability retired list.
Ivey submitted a timely Notice of Appeal and Statement of Reasons
(NA/SOR). He asserts he was still in military service until May 3, 1971, at which

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