· 2/9/2015
Robert Fountain v. Robert A. McDonald
Citations
- 27 Vet. App. 258
- 2015 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 154
- 2015 WL 510609
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- concluding that the Board erred in not adequately explaining several putative discrepancies between the appellant’s lay statements and the other evidence of record
- concluding that the Board erred in not adequately explaining several putative discrepancies between the appellant’s lay statements and the other evidence of record
- concluding that the Board erred in not adequately explaining several putative discrepancies between the appellant's lay statements and the other evidence of record
- holding that the absence of a record documenting the fact at issue only weighs against the claim if the fact would ordinarily have been recorded
- holding that the presumptive provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(a) include tinnitus as an organic disease of the nervous system where there is evidence of acoustic trauma
- holding that where there is evidence of acoustic trauma, the presumptive provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(a) include tinnitus as an organic disease of the nervous system
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Judges: Hagel, Moorman, Bartley
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