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Monday Morning Coffee with Chris: Do THIS when you get back from a Legal Conference.

What to do when you get back from a Legal Conference? I just returned home from a multi-day legal conference: this time the Fall Conference for the National Organization for Veterans Advocates (NOVA) in Washington, D.C. Here’s what I’ll t… Read More
October 22nd, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Building a Better Law Firm, The Business of Law
Tags: 2018 CAVC Oral Arguments, Anxious Lawyer, Barton F. Stichman, Caitlin S. Milo, Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), Headspace, Hire Slow Fire Fast, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Judge Margaret Bartley, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Julia A. Turner, NDSS, Next Lawyer Up, NOVA, NVLSP, Speigner v Wilkie #16-2811

Case Review: #17-0306, Schmoker v. Wilkie (Is Hearing Loss a VA disability even if its not compensable?)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? {Several issues were raised in the briefing of this case – this review focuses in on one: continuity of symptomatology for hearing loss} A veteran is entitled to service connection for loss of hearing if his… Read More
May 21st, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: 38 C.F.R. 3.303(b), 38 C.F.R. 3.385, American Legion, Caitlin S. Milo, hearing loss, Hensley v. Brown 5 Vet. App. 155 (1993), Judge William S. Greenberg, Julia A. Turner, Los Angeles CA VARO, M.E. Larkin, NVLSP

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. Clemo… Read More
December 13th, 2017
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: Clemons, John Berry, Judge Michael Allen, Julia A. Turner, Lincoln NE VARO, Milo H. Hawley, Perry A. Pirsch