Veterans Claims· 5/15/2007

Dwayne A. Moore v. R. James Nicholson

Citations

21 Vet. App. 211
2007 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 697
2007 WL 1412293

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concluding that the essential fairness of the adjudication was not affected by VA’s failure to obtain service medical records
holding that it is the job of a rating examiner to interpret medical reports of record and determine “[h]ow [the appellant’s] disabilities translate into a potentially compensable disability”
holding that it is the job of a rating examiner to interpret medical reports of record and determine \[h]ow [the appellant's] disabilities translate into a potentially compensable disability\
noting that it is the duty of VA adjudicators, not medical examiners, to apply the appropriate legal standard
“Rating specialists determine, through the rating schedule, the effect of a disability on a claimant’s ability to earn a living.”
discussing 38 C.F.R. § 4.2 and stating that \[t]he medical examiner provides a disability evaluation and the rating specialist interprets medical reports in order to match the rating with the disability\

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Judges: Kasold, Lance, Davis

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