Davidson v. SHINSEKI

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• holding that a veteran’s wife was competent to testify that her husband had committed suicide as a result of a mental disorder related to service
• indicating that X-ray studies and other specific findings is needed to properly assess and diagnose the disorder
• finding that 38 U.S.C.A. § 1154(b) does not require controlling weight be given to testimony as to the cause of a combat veteran's death
• stating that “§ 1154(b) concerns only whether a disease was incurred or aggravated in service-not whether the disease was the principal or a contributory cause of death”
• clarifying that medical evidence is not always or categorically required in every instance to establish the required nexus or linkage between the claimed disability and service or a service-connected disability
• noting that lay evidence is not incompetent merely for lack of contemporaneous medical evidence

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