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Briefly, a Veterans Service Representative (VSR), [42] a VBA employee, reviews the information submitted by a veteran to determine if the VBA needs any additional evidence (e.g., medical records) to adjudicate the claim. [43] VA has a legal obligation to help veterans obtain any evidence that will support their claim. [44]
The VA Regional Office denied a higher evaluation. The Board affirmed this decision, but conceded that the Veteran could be rated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7804 or 5325. However, the Board held that the Veteran was not entitled to multiple evaluations for the same disability. Therefore, the 10% disability was confirmed.
The private medical opinion was discounted as it was based upon lay statements and the 1997 and 1999 VA opinions were deemed equivocal. The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Veterans Court), in affirming the Board of Veterans Appeals denial, indicated that the Board did not err in determining that the lay evidence lacked ...
Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Veterans advocacy organizations such as Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates (NOVA) [8] have argued that many additions to the M21-1 Manual constitute "interpretative rules" and that the Federal Circuit therefore has jurisdiction to review such changes upon direct appeal by a ...
Barr vs. Nicholson is a United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims case that dealt with the competence of a Veteran's lay testimony to provide lay evidence. The court held that lay evidence can be competent depending on the type of disability claimed by a claimant.
Meet the Definition of Disability - the CPP Disability test in Canada is outlined in the Canada Pension Plan legislation, specifically in Section 42(2)(a) of the Canada Pension Plan. The legislative test states that a person shall be considered to be disabled only if they have a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability.