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Yes, you should challenge all VA Medical Examiners' Competence.

In today’s post, I am going to teach you how to become a better advocate by challenging the VA Medical Examiner’s competence – or at least rebutting the presumption of competence in your client’s BVA appeals. VA claims and app… Read More
May 1st, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: Federal Rule of Evidence 702, Medical Expert, Nieves-Rodriguez, presumption of competence, presumption of regularity, Rizzo v Shinseki 580 F.3d 1288 (Fed. Cir. 2009), Wise v Shinseki 26 Vet. App. 517 (2014)