In re Hanahuli Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• holding that VA is required to presume the credibility of newly submitted evidence for the purposes of determining whether that evidence is material and sufficient to reopen a previously denied claim
• remanding after holding, “The error that the BVA committed was in assessing the credibility of the evidence prior to reopening the claim.”
• as to determination of whether evidence is “new and material” for purposes of reopening a claim
• in determining whether the evidence is new and material, “the credibility of the evidence is to be presumed”
• in determining whether evidence is new and material “the credibility of the evidence is to be presumed”
• in determining whether evidence is new and material, “the credibility of the evidence is to be presumed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).