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Veterans Claims· 11/14/1994

Jones v. Brown

Citations

  • 7 Vet. App. 134
  • 1994 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 936
  • 1994 WL 657919

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  • holding that it is the province of trained health care professionals to enter conclusions that require medical expertise, such as opinions as to diagnosis and causation
  • reviewing Board's denial of service connection for glaucoma as secondary to treatment for blepharoconjunctivitis
  • Regarding VA's duty in increased rating claims to provide appropriate medical examinations
  • lay testimony that one condition was caused by service-connected condition was insufficient to well ground claim
  • claim for increased rating was not well grounded where only asserted ground for increase was that service-connected condition had caused secondary condition, but no medical evidence had been presented to establish such causation
  • medical evidence required to well ground claim for secondary service connection for glaucoma

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Judges: Ivers, Kramer, Mankin

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