Federal Circuit· 9/14/2009

Davidson v. SHINSEKI

Citations

581 F.3d 1313
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20381
2009 WL 2914339

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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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Judges: Linn, Dyk, Prost

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