In re Appointment of a Guardian for Pires

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• holding that VA examination must be conducted where “record does not adequately reveal the current state of the claimant’s disability”
• ruling that it was improper to rate a disability based on evidence that predated the decision by four years
• ruling that it was improper to rate a disability based on evidence that predated the decision by four years
• concluding that duty to assist applied to veteran seeking higher rating for service-connected disability
• concluding that duty to assist applied to veteran seeking higher rating for service-connected disability
• finding a claim for an increased rating well grounded when the appellant asserted that his service-connected disability had worsened since the prior rating

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