VA Secretary Wilkie Stays Proceedings on Blue Water Navy Claims. Miller: Appropriate remedy when examiner fails to address lay evidence & Board does not make credibility determinationĬONTEST: The 2020 Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans Langdon: Rating thoracic/lumbar spine conditions Webb: Can a veteran get disability compensation for mental health symptoms absent a diagnosis that conforms with the DSM? Smith: Board must notify claimant when it reverses its prior favorable credibility determination Martinez-Bodon: In order to be a "disability" for VA benefits purposes, a mental health condition must have a DSM-5 diagnosis § 3.156(c)(1), a record must relate to a disputed issue Lang: VA medical records generated within one year of decision are "constructively" in VA's possession and render that decision nonfinal § 1151 is not entitled to home loan guaranty benefits § 1151īryant: Fair process in legacy appeals at the Boardīurkhart: Recipient of DIC based on service connection under 38 U.S.C. Stern: Reversal is appropriate when Board's analysis of rating reduction is not complete.
Bva decisions 2015 pro#
The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program Mission Partner Awards 2021Įvent: 2021 Mizzou Veterans Clinic Symposium Gumpenberger: Appeal for TDIU doesn't necessarily include appeal for higher rating
Martinez-Bodon: Formal DSM-5 diagnosis required in order to be compensated for mental health disability Slaughter: CAVC's prejudicial error analysis was too rigid "combined nerve injuries" refers to service-connected nerves only Rivera-Colon: Board's failure to define "symptoms" frustrates judicial review Walleman: Separate ratings for knees under pre-2021 versions of DC 52 are allowedĪviles-Rivera: NAS Updates are evidence subject to AMA evidentiary limits George: VA's erroneous interpretation of a statute is not CUEĬowan: Notice under the AMA can be in the letter, the decision, enclosures, or some combination. Long: Secondary service connection and extraschedular evaluations do not require a showing of direct causationīowling: VA's definition of insanity for character-of-discharge purposes is not unconstitutionally vagueįrantzis: There is no statutory right to have the same Board member who presided over a hearing decide the appeal Stover: Board must define terms in order for the Court to review its decisions Skaar: Only claimants who have appealed a Board decision or are still able to can be part of a proposed class NOVA: Pre-2021 version of DC 5055 applies to partial knee replacements Bonds: Any formal claim for one benefit can raise an informal claim for another (applies to claims filed before Mar.
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