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FCOA Precedent Alert: Cook v. Wilkie (Can a veteran have more than one BVA hearing?)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? 38 U.S.C. §7107(b) (2012) requires “[t]he Board shall decide any appeal only after affording the appellant an opportunity for a hearing.”  On remand from the Veterans Court, the veteran asked for a new BVA he… Read More
November 15th, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Federal Circuit Oral Argument, Legal Updates
Tags: 38 USC 7107(b), Barbara Thomas, Chevron deference, Circuit Judge Alan D. Lourie, Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge Raymond C. Clevenger, Covington and Burling LLP, Francis M. Jackson, John Niles, Judge Coral W. Pietsch, Judge Margaret Bartley, K.L. Wallin, Ken Carpenter, Manchester NH VARO, Milo H. Hawley, Nathan P. Kirschner, Penelope E. Gronbeck, pro veteran, Procopio, Senior Judge Lawrence B. Hagel, Skidmore deference

Episode 010: "No, I won't give you my Debit Card PIN Number" (FCOA Precedent: Acree, #17-1749, Legal standard to withdraw an appeal orally at BVA)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? VA regulations provide that a veteran’s “appeal may be withdrawn as to any or all issues involved in the appeal.” 38 C.F.R. § 20.204(a). a statement made by a veteran at a board hearing qualifies as an effe… Read More
July 12th, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Federal Circuit Oral Argument, Legal Updates
Tags: 38 C.F.R. §20.204, Alexander O. Canizares, Circuit Judge Haldane Robert Mayer, Circuit Judge Kathleen O'Malley, Circuit Judge Richard G. Taranto, DeLisio v. Shinseki 25 Vet. App. 45 (2011), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Fla. Power & Light Co. v. Lorion 470 U.S. 729 (1985), Joshua L. Wolinsky, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr., Louisville KY VARO, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Milo H. Hawley, Natalie A. Bennett, withdraw an appeal

Case Review: 16-3961, DeCent v. Shulkin (Scope of a Claim)

  What is the Deep Issue in the Case? The scope of a claim is determined by a sympathetic assessment of the veteran’s description of the claim, the veteran’s symptoms and information submitted to or received by the VA in support of the claim… Read More
December 13th, 2017
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Categories: Legal Updates
Tags: Clemons, John Berry, Judge Michael Allen, Julia A. Turner, Lincoln NE VARO, Milo H. Hawley, Perry A. Pirsch

Recent Cases

Client Win: 17-1825, Alvarez v. Shulkin (70 Percent PTSD Rating)
(April 18, 2018) The law firm of Hill and Ponton approached Attig | Steel after the BVA judge denied their veteran a higher 70 percent PTSD rating. They had put a lot of work and energy into helping a veteran, and the BVA decision seemed to gloss ove… Read More
Client Win: 17-1078, Peregrino v. Shulkin (BVA Failed to Adjudicate Major Depressive Disorder)
(April 6, 2018) The veteran in this case served in the Navy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including deployment to Kuwait. Upon his return stateside, after attempts to reintegrate to civilian life, he began to have family and other problems.… Read More
Client Win: 17-2891, Halsey v. Shulkin (Survivors Accrued Benefits)
(February 14, 2018) Attorney Chris Attig has been working with this veteran’s survivor for half a decade to get her DIC and survivor’s accrued benefits properly awarded.  The veteran was a 3 decade military veteran, who fought not only i… Read More

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VA Form 21 Blog

Nov
26
Coffee w/Chris: Is there enough air in your law firm's tires? (11-19-2018)
November 26th, 2018
Today’s video starts off with an overview of a recent precedential decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the case of Moody v. Wilkie, Cause No. 16-1707. Click here to read the CAVC’s panel decision in Moody v. Wi… Read More
Nov
15
FCOA Precedent Alert: Cook v. Wilkie (Can a veteran have more than one BVA hearing?)
November 15th, 2018
What is the Deep Issue in the Case? 38 U.S.C. §7107(b) (2012) requires “[t]he Board shall decide any appeal only after affording the appellant an opportunity for a hearing.”  On remand from the Veterans Court, the veteran asked for a new BVA he… Read More

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