Raymond E. Douglas v. Eric K. Shinseki

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• holding that the Secretary may seek an opinion that can rebut a favorable presumption if the record contains evidence raising the issue
• holding that the Secretary may seek an opinion that can rebut a favorable presumption if the record contains evidence raising the issue
• concluding that the Secretary’s authority to develop a claim necessarily includes the authority, to collect and develop evidence that might rebut the presumption of service connection
• discussing the statutory and regulatory provisions supporting the Secretary's broad authority to develop a claim
• describing statutory bases for broad authority of Secretary to develop the record, including by scheduling a veteran for a medical examination
• Secretary has “affirmative duty to gather the evidence necessary to render an informed decision on the claim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).