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· 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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