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Veterans Claims· 7/8/1992

Hatlestad v. Derwinski

Citations

  • 3 Vet. App. 213
  • 1992 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 169
  • 1992 WL 153873

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  • requiring Board prospectively — after July 8, 1992 — to include quotations (not bare citations) from medical treatises if relying on those treatises
  • BVA’s failure to cite to independent medical authority or to quote from recognized medical treatises to substantiate its conclusion precluded meaningful review by the Court
  • BVA’s failure to quote from recognized medical treatises to substantiate its medical conclusion precludes meaningful review by the Court.
  • medical treatises must be quoted in sufficient length so context is able to be determined
  • Board must provide adequate quotation from any recognized medical treatise relied upon

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Judges: Kramer, Mankin, Steinberg

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