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2000 Precedent Opinions
PREC 1-00 Countable Income for Death Pension Purposes--Deduction of Expenses Paid for Veteran's Last Illness Subsequent to Veteran's Death, but Prior to Date of Entitlement Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 1-00, VAOPGCPREC 1-00, 2000
PREC 2-00 Special Monthly Compensation for Loss of Creative Organ--Mastectomy--38 U.S.C. § 1114(k); 38 C.F.R. § 3.350(a) Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 2-00, VAOPGCPREC 2-00, 2000
PREC 3-00 Retroactive Applicability of Revised Rating Schedule Criteria to Increased Rating Claims Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 2-00, VAOPGCPREC 3-00, 2000
PREC 4-00 Nature of Manual Provisions Concerning Claims Involving Asbestos-Related Diseases; Need for Medical-Nexus Evidence in Asbestos-Related Claims Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 4-00, VAOPGCPREC 4-00, 2000
PREC 5-00 Constitutionality of Retroactive Application of Proposed Legislation To Limit Time to Claim Insurance Proceeds Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 5-00, VAOPGCPREC 5-00, 2000
PREC 6-00 Nature of Manual Provisions Concerning Claims Involving Rheumatic Heart Disease Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 6-00, VAOPGCPREC 6-00, 2000
PREC 7-00 Qualification of Foreign Medical Studies as "Course of Study" Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec 7-00, VAOPGCPREC 7-00, 2000
PREC 8-00 Status of Surviving Spouse to Receive Death Benefits Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 8-00, VAOPGCPREC 8-00, 2000
PREC 9-00 Effect of Statements in Hix and Pardue v. Gober Concerning Evidence to be Considered in Determinations of “Hypothetical” Entitlement for Purposes of 38 U.S.C. § 1311(a)(2) Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 9-00, VAOPGCPREC 9-00, 2000
PREC 10-00 Jurisdiction of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals in Consideration of Per Diem Payments to a State Home Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 10-00, VAOPGCPREC 10-00, 2000
PREC 11-00 Effective Date of Public Law No. 106-475 -- Duty to Assist Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 11-00, VAOPGCPREC 11-00, 2000
