· 9/29/1997
Mark E. Madden, Claimant-Appellant v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Citations
- 125 F.3d 1477
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 26888
- 1997 WL 594910
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- holding that the Board has the duty to assess the credibility and weight to be given to the evidence
- holding that the Board is entitled to discount the credibility of evidence in light of its own inherent characteristics and its relationship to other items of evidence
- noting that it is the \duty [of] the Board to analyze the credibility and probative value of evidence\
- noting that the Board is entitled to discount the credibility and weight of evidence in light of its own inherent characteristics and relationship to other evidence
- finding that the Board is entitled to discount the credibility of evidence in light of its own inherent characteristics and its relationship to other items of evidence
- recognizing the Board’s “authority to discount the weight and probity of evidence in light of its own inherent characteristics and its relationship to other items of evidence”
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Judges: Plager, Clevenger, Bryson
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