Federal Circuit· 4/6/2010

Waters v. Shinseki

Citations

601 F.3d 1274
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 7124
2010 WL 1302954

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holding that conclusory lay assertion of nexus is insufficient to entitle claimant to provision of VA medical examination
holding that a veteran’s mere conclusory generalized lay statement that a service event or illness caused the claimant’s current condition is insufficient to require the Secretary to provide a VA examination
holding that a veteran’s mere conclusory generalized lay statement that a service event or illness caused the claimant’s current condition is insufficient to require the Secretary to provide a VA examination
concluding that a veteran's lay belief that his schizophrenia aggravated his diabetes and hypertension was not of sufficient weight to trigger the Secretary's duty to seek a medical opinion on the issue
holding that, because the claimant had not shown any factual basis for his claim, \any possible error by the Board in using the wrong standard under [the nexus element of the McLendon test] could not have prejudiced [the claimant]\
explaining that something more than an appellant's conclusory, generalized statement is needed to trigger VA's duty to assist by providing a medical nexus examination

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Judges: Newman, Friedman, Dyk

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