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Client Win: CAVC No. 18-5569 Perrin v. Wilkie (DIC - Asbestos exposure in military service)
When the BVA failed to consider all the evidence of record before finding a veteran was not exposed to asbestos in military service, the law firm of Attig | Steel was able to get the BVA decision vacated at the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims…
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Client Win: CAVC No. 17-2891, Halsey v. Shulkin (Survivors Accrued Benefits)
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 in Thailand during the…
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Client Win: CAVC No. 15-2163, Allen v. McDonald (Veterans Survivor Substitution into Accrued Benefits based on CUE)
This case involves the issue of whether a World War II veteran’s survivor can substitute into her deceased husband’s CUE Claims that pending – for nearly 2 decades – at the time of his death death. Before he died in 2010, a Wo…
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Client Win: CAVC No. 15-1494, Murphy v. McDonald (BVA fails to consider Survivor's Claim of Substitution)
This case involves a survivor’s claim of substitution into a veteran’s pending claims and appeals when the veteran passes away. At the time the BVA Veterans Law Judge issued the decision, the law required that a VA Form 21-534 for Survivo…
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