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Single Judge Application; solvent; Veterans Benefits Administration documents undermine the Secretary’s current claim of ignorance as to what constitutes a solvent. See, e.g., VA ADJUDICATIONS PROCEDURES MANUAL (M21-1MR), pt. IV, subpt. 2, ch. 1, § E(19)(g) (discussing solvent exposure in Gulf War veterans); VA Training Letter 10-01 (Feb. 4, 2010) (same); VA CLINICIANS’ GUIDE § 20.1 (same); VA Training Letter 07-04 (July 5, 2007) (solvent exposure in Navy divers); VA Training Letter 10-03 (Apr. 26, 2010) (solvent exposure from burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Djibouti and at the Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, Japan); VA Training Letter 11-03 (Nov. 21, 2011) (solvent exposure for veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune).;

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Single Judge Application; obesity; Walsh v. Wilkie; Gen. Coun. Prec. 1-2017 (Jan. 6, 2017); A 2017 VA General Counsel (VAGC) precedent opinion determined that “[o]besity may be an ‘intermediate step’ between a service-connected disability and a current disability that may be service connected on a secondary basis under 38 C.F.R. § 3.310(a),” VA Gen. Coun. Prec. 1-2017 (Jan. 6, 2017), at 2, ¶ 5. The VAGC explained that, in these cases, the Board would be required to resolve (1) whether the service-connected disability caused the veteran to become obese; (2) if so, whether obesity as a result of the service-connected disability was a substantial factor in causing the claimed secondary disability; and (3) whether the claimed secondary disability would not have occurred but for obesity caused by the service-connected disability. Id. at 9-10, ¶ 15. See also Walsh v. Wilkie, Vet.App., 2020 WL 878798 (Feb. 24, 2020) at *5 (holding that G.C. Prec. 1-2017 requires the Board to consider aggravation in the context of these claims when the theory is explicitly raised by the veteran or reasonably raised by the record).;

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3 years ago

NBC Bay Area – "We Investigate: Deported Veterans" – Today, Feb 9, 2016

NBC Bay Area - "We Investigate: Deported Veterans" - Today, Feb 9, 2016. source

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Global National: Feb. 23, 2020 | Zamboni driver David Ayres makes NHL history in unexpected way

Eric Sorensen has the details on a zamboni driver who became a hometown hero after he helped the Carolina Hurricanes…

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