Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405


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     MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:  November 20, 2003
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                         GSBCA 16264-SSA


                        HANS EVERS, M.D.,

                                        Appellant,

                                v.

                 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

                                        Respondent.

     Martin B. Lowery, Naperville, IL, counsel for Appellant.

     Seth Binstock, Office of General Law, Social Security Administration, Baltimore,
MD; and Donna L. Calvert, Office of Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration,
Chicago, IL, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges PARKER, NEILL, and DeGRAFF.

DeGRAFF, Board Judge.

     On November 4, 2003, we dismissed part of this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.  We
retained jurisdiction of the portion of the appeal that challenges the agency's termination of
appellant's contract.  On November 12, 2003, appellant asked us to reconsider our
November 4 decision and to dismiss the entire appeal for lack of jurisdiction.  As grounds
for his motion, appellant says the propriety of the termination of his contract cannot be
separated from the issues over which we lack jurisdiction, and to continue to litigate only the
propriety of the termination would be a useless act.  Appellant does not want to withdraw his
appeal voluntarily.  

     Appellant's motion for reconsideration is DENIED.  As we explained in our
November 4 decision, we have jurisdiction to consider the propriety of the termination of
appellant's contract.  Thus, there are no grounds for dismissing the appeal from the
termination for lack of jurisdiction.




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                                   MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                   Board Judge

We concur:




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ROBERT W. PARKER                   EDWIN B. NEILL
Board Judge                             Board Judge