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Veterans Claims· 4/23/1991

Akins v. Derwinski

Citations

  • 1 Vet. App. 228
  • 1991 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 32
  • 1991 WL 149054

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a presumption created by statute was itself new and material evidence
  • noting that this Court has held that “failure to observe the requirements of a regulation prejudicial to a veteran constitutes, as a matter of law, clear and unmistakable error”
  • finding CUE in RO's failure in 1946 to apply Veterans Regulation (VR) No. 1(a), part I, paragraphs (paras.) 1(b), (d) (1943)
  • setting forth text of VR 1(a), Part I, para. 1(d)

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Judges: Ivers, Kramer, Nebeker

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