Shak v. McVey

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• holding that the duty to assist is not always a one-way street, or a blind alley, and that the veteran must be prepared to cooperate with the VA's efforts to provide an adequate medical examination and submit all the medical evidence supporting his claim
• financial hardship associated with traveling to VA examination site not considered good cause for failure to appear
• Court noted that if appellant were to seek to reopen claim with new and material evidence, he would be required to cooperate with VA’s efforts to provide adequate medical examination

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