Pia v. Rapozo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the lack of documented hearing loss while in service is not fatal to a claim for service connection.
• “the regulation mixes apples and oranges in that it uses criteria for hearing loss to determine service connection and not degree of disability”
• the absence of hearing loss disability in service is not in and of itself fatal to a claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability
• “A remand is required where the BVA fails to provide an adequate statement of the ‘reasons or bases’ for its findings and conclusions, with respect to both the merits and the application of the ‘benefit of the doubt’ under 38 U.S.C. § 5107(b)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).