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· 8/22/2006

Arthur D. Roebuck v. R. James Nicholson

Citations

  • 20 Vet. App. 307
  • 2006 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 756
  • 2006 WL 2404717

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that \a claim is an application for entitlement to a VA benefit based on a current disability\
  • holding that “a claim is an application for entitlement to a VA benefit based on a current disability”
  • acknowledging that VA can bifurcate a claim and address different theories or arguments in separate decisions
  • noting that the Board’s decision “was issued by the Board in two parts separated by less than a year”
  • noting that the Board's decision \was issued by the Board in two parts separated by less than a year\
  • noting that “although there may be multiple theories or means of establishing entitlement to a benefit for a disability, if the theories all pertain to the same benefit for the same disability, they constitute the same claim.”

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Judges: Hagel, Davis, Schoelen

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