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Liz Weston: Is medical debt vanishing from credit reports?

[ad_1] Health care bills are about to become far less threatening to the financial well-being of millions of Americans.The three…

2 years ago

Single Judge Application; Tedesco v. Wilkie; implicit bias against lay evidence; The Board’s analysis is substantially similar to the Board’s analysis in Tedesco v. Wilkie, where the Board noted an appellant’s reports of knee instability but found medical evidence more probative. 31 Vet.App. 360, 367 (2019). We ultimately remanded that claim, stating that “[t]he Board fail[ed] to explain why the medical findings are more probative, other than to assert that the ‘specific medical tests . . . are designed to reveal instability . . . of the joints.’” Id. Just as in Tedesco, the Board’s statement here, that “[t]he DBQs were completed by medical professionals who formulated their conclusions based on a physical examination, review of the record, and interview of the Veteran,” fails to suggest any actual reasons or bases for finding the lay statements outweighed by “significant objective evidence,” other than an implicit bias against lay evidence and a preference for medical evidence. R. at 8. The Board also failed to explain why it considered the appellant’s lay statements “generalized.”;

[ad_1] Single Judge Application; Tedesco v. Wilkie; implicit bias against lay evidence; The Board’s analysis is substantially similar to…

3 years ago

Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Eligibility Verification Reports (EVRs)

[ad_1] In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department…

3 years ago

Veterans unemployment shows improvement amid negative reports on U.S. job market

[ad_1] The jobless rate among U.S. veterans improved in December even as national employment numbers showed discouraging signs of sluggishness…

3 years ago

Canadian veterans face increasing wait times for mental health services: reports – National

[ad_1] Internal reports prepared by Veterans Affairs Canada show Canadian veterans have been waiting longer and longer in recent…

3 years ago