· 11/6/2007
Rafael G. Rios v. Gordon H. Mansfield
Citations
- 21 Vet. App. 481
- 2007 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 1744
- 2007 WL 3267762
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that the “presumption of receipt permitted under the common law mailbox rule is not invoked lightly” and “requires proof of mailing, such as an independent proof of a postmark, a dated receipt, or evidence of mailing apart from a party’s own self-serving testimony”
- requiring “proof of mailing, such as an independent proof of a postmark, a dated receipt, or ev- idence of mailing apart from a party’s own self-serving tes- timony”
- outlining when common law mailbox rule is for application
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Judges: Greene, Kasold, Hagel
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