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8 Vet. App. 529

Verdon v. Brown

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · decided 1996-02-07

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Decided 1996-02-07

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HOLDAWAY, Judge,

¶1concurring in part and dissenting in part:

¶2I concur as to that part of the opinion concerning the claim for residuals of a bunio-nectomy. As to the right knee disability, the letter from the appellant to his representative agreeing to the 10% rating is clear and unequivocal. I find no ambiguity whatever in that letter; he abandoned any appeal he may have had as to a higher rating for his right knee disability. I would further opine that if a clear and unequivocal withdrawal is made by a claimant, and he is the one who, later, introduces “ambiguity” into the withdrawal, then he should bear the burden of establishing that the claim was not withdrawn.

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