Veterans Claims· 12/29/1999
Sanchez-Benitez v. West
Citations
- 13 Vet. App. 282
- 1999 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 1396
- 1999 WL 1267345
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- holding that a medical evaluation that is merely a recitation of a veteran's self-reported and unsubstantiated history has no probative value
- holding that pain alone, without a diagnosed or identifiable underlying malady or condition, does not, in and of itself, constitute a disability for which service connection may be granted
- “[P]ain alone, without a diagnosed or identifiable underlying malady or condition, does not in and of itself constitute a disability for which service connection- may be granted.”
- pain alone, without a diagnosed or identifiable underlying malady or condition, does not in and of itself constitute a disability for which service connection may be granted
- pain alone, without a diagnosed or identifiable underlying malady or condition, does not in and of itself constitute a disability for which service connection may be granted
- pain alone, without a diagnosed or identifiable underlying malady or condition, does not in and of itself constitute a disability for which service connection may be granted
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Judges: Farley, Kramer, Nebeker
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- Saunders v. WilkieFederal Circuit· 2018-04-03· cited 132×
- Robert Fountain v. Robert A. McDonaldVeterans Claims· 2015-02-09· cited 101×
- Jose A. Sanchez-Benitez, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans AffairsFederal Circuit· 2001-08-03· cited 37×
- Sanchez-Benitez v. PrincipiVeterans Claims· 2001-11-06
- Paul G. Wait v. Robert L. WilkieVeterans Claims· 2020-08-26
- Rocco v. Perciavalle v. Denis McDonoughVeterans Claims· 2021-12-03
- Sissel v. EsperDistrict of Columbia· 2021-12-22
- Millard W. Adams v. Douglas A. CollinsVeterans Claims· 2025-07-08
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