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After a 5-year wait, VA gets a new top medical leader

[ad_1] After more than a five-year wait, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a Senate-confirmed official leading its health care…

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VA overhauls patient wait time website, but not policies on other medical options

[ad_1] Veterans Affairs officials are overhauling their website detailing medical wait times at facilities across the country, but that won’t…

2 years ago

Single Judge Application; Wait v. Wilkie, 33 Vet.App. (2020); The Court held in Wait v. Wilkie, 33 Vet.App. 8, 17 (2020), that “[t]o establish the presence of a disability . . . there must be competent evidence specific to the claimant tending to show that his or her impairment rises to a level to affect earning capacity, which may include showing manifestations of a similar severity, frequency, and duration as those VA has determined by regulation would cause impaired earning capacity in an average person.”;

[ad_1] Designated for electronic publication onlyUNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMSNo. 19-9062ANDREW M. THORPE, APPELLANT,V.DENIS MCDONOUGH,SECRETARY OF VETERANS…

2 years ago