United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit BRUCE R. TAYLOR, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, … Taylor v. McDonough, No. 2019-2211(July 22, 2021); SUA SPONTE REHEARING EN BANC ; panel opinion of June 30, 2021, is vacated and the appeal is … #backpay #VAReductions #appeals #EffectiveDate #ebenefits #informalconference #Evidence #applying #form9 #SevereServiceConnection #Timeline #Error #HigherRating #VAClaims #VAAppeals #Exams

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMSNo. 19-8717WALTER HALL, APPELLANT,V.DENIS MCDONOUGH,SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE.On … Hall v. McDonough, No. 19-8717 (Decided October 18, 2021); The particular form a claimant submits—correct or otherwise—has no bearing on the Board’s … #backpay #appeals #Vavc #EffectiveDate #Evidence #applying #form9 #SevereServiceConnection #Timeline #Error #HigherRating #VAClaims #VAAppeals #appealextension #Tips #bva #VADisabili

The various challenges faced by VA adjudicators result in lots of opportunity for error to be committed. The rather narrow focus of VA decision makers, who are operating inside a box defined by their manual, leads to an utter lack of imagination or tolerance for anything out of the ordinary, which also yields erroneous and unfair decisions. And then there is a fair degree of frank incompetence among VA employees, who sometimes simply don’t follow their own rules and procedu