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2003 Precedent Opinions

PREC 01-2003    Impact of Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Case Nos. 02-7304, -7305, -7316 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2003)    Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 1-2003, VAOPGCPREC 1-2003, 2003

PREC 2-2003   Application of 38 C.F.R. § 4.87, Diagnostic Code 6260, Tinnitus Recurrent     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 2-2003, VAOPGCPREC 2-2003, 2003

PREC 3-2003    Requirements for Rebutting the Presumption of Sound Condition under 38 U.S.C. § 1111 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.304     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 3-2003, VAOPGCPREC 2-2003, 2003

PREC 4-2003   Suspension or Termination of Debt Collection      Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 4-2003, VAOPGCPREC 4-2003, 2003

PREC 5-2003    Informal Clain for Increase Based on Hospital Admission - 38 C.F.R. § 3.157(b)(1)     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 5-2003, VAOPGCPREC 5-2003, 2003

PREC 6-2003 Service Connection for Cause of Disability or Death Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 6-2003, VAOPGCPREC 6-2003, 2003

PREC 7-2003   Application of Veterans Claims Assistance Act to Claims Pending on Date of Enactment Citation:  Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 7-2003, VAOPGCPREC 7-2003, 2003

PREC 8-2003   Notice of Information and Evidence Necessary to Substantiate Claim -- Issues Raised in Notice of Disagreement -- 38 U.S.C. §§ 5103(a), 7105(d)     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 8-2003, VAOPGCPREC 8-2003, 2003

PREC 9-2003    Scope of Protection provided by 38 U.S.C. § 2305 in Claims for Burial Benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23     Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 9-2003, VAOPGCPREC 9-2003,2003

 

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