Estate of Wakefield

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• having conducted de novo review of question of law involving certain statutory and regulatory provisions, Court then evaluated BVA’s findings of fact under “clearly erroneous” standard
• administrative agency’s interpretation of regulation may be entitled to deference where meaning is unclear and interpretation “sensibly conforms to the purpose and wording of the regulations”
• based on O.G.C. Precedent 69-90, court concluded that list of diseases in § 3.311b(b)(2) is exclusive, and that VA interpretation of list as exclusive is reasonable in light of relevant statutes, regulations and legislative history

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