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Client Win: CAVC No. 20-5053, Armstead v. McDonough (BVA must provide fair process in Dependency Indemnity Compensation appeal))

Client Win: CAVC No. 20-5053, Armstead v. McDonough (BVA must provide fair process in Dependency Indemnity Compensation appeal))

Client Win: CAVC No. 20-5053, Armstead v. McDonough (BVA must provide fair process in Dependency Indemnity Compensation appeal)) This case involves a survivor’s claim for entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). The appellant’s late-husband served in the US Air Force from 1964 – 1984, and passed away from a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphom… Read More
Client Win: CAVC No. 19-8187 May v. Wilkie (TDIU denial not supported by adequate reasons and bases)

Client Win: CAVC No. 19-8187 May v. Wilkie (TDIU denial not supported by adequate reasons and bases)

Client Win: CAVC No. 19-8187 May v. Wilkie (TDIU denial not supported by adequate reasons and bases) This case involves the application of a duplicitous legal standard by the BVA to a veteran’s TDIU appeal, in what is called a “reasons and bases” error by the Board of Veterans Appeals. While it favored a VA C&P medical opinion… Read More