Thomas E. O'Connell v. R. James Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5112 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Conway v. Principi · Fenderson v. West · Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs · 14 Vet. App. 227 - Smith v. Gober · 10 Vet. App. 93 - Smallwood v. Brown
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“[The appellant] would have us compel VA to first assign the higher disability rating and then halt adjudication in order to issue a proposed reduction and provide the veteran with 60 days in which to submit additional evidence. Because ... such procedure would not further the underlying purpose of [the regulation at issue], we refuse to compel it in the situation at hand.”
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