Rodrigues ex rel. Garcia v. Teixeira

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• Secretary of Veterans Affairs has an obligation to ensure that veteran is informed of all benefits which he may be entitled to receive
• Secretary has an obligation to ensure that veteran is informed of all benefits which he may be entitled to receive
• VA’s failure to consider legal issue more grievous because of VA policy in adjudication manual requiring such consideration
• the BYA is not free to ignore its own regulations, even if appellant fails to raise the issue on appeal
• “[t]here is no requirement in the law that a veteran must specify with precision the statutory provisions or the corresponding regulations under which he is seeking benefits”
• \[T]he RO should have inferred from the veteran's request for an increase in benefits involving a creative organ a request for special monthly compensation . . . .\

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