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· 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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