2. Within 10 calendar days of filing the notice of appeal, the appellant shall submit a
written statement of issues and arguments to the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, with a copy to the
other parties. The other parties shall submit a reply or replies to the ASD(MRA&L), or designee,
within 15 calendar days of receiving the statement, and shall deliver a copy of each reply to the
appellant. Submission is complete upon mailing.
3. The ASD(MRA&L), or designee, shall determine the matter on appeal, including the
making of interlocutory rulings, within 20 calendar days of receiving timely submitted replies
under subsection F.2., above. The ASD(MRA&L), or designee, may request oral argument at a
time and place reasonably convenient to the parties.
4. The determination of the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, shall be a final administrative
decision and shall be in written form. It shall address the issues presented and set forth a rationale
for the decision reached. A determination denying the appeal of a parent in whose or in part shall
state that the parent has the right under P.L. 94-142 (reference (a)) to bring a civil action with
respect to the matters in dispute in any state court of competent jurisdiction or in a district court of
the United States without regard to the amount in controversy.
5. No provision of this Instruction or other DoD guidance may be construed as conferring a
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