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Opinions Year 2001 PRECEDENT OPINIONS PREC 1-01 Consideration of Retroactive Compensation Award in Determining Estate of Veteran for Purposes of $1,500 Citation: Vet.Aff. Op. Gen.Couns.Prec. 1-01, VAOPGCPREC 1-01, 2001 PREC 2-01 Qualification for MGIB benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 3011(1)(a)(B) and 38 C.F.R. 21.7020(b)(5) when the individual had a break in active duty service Citation: Vet. Aff. Op.Gen.Couns. Prec. 2-01, VAOPGCPREC 2-01, 2001 PREC 3-01 Claims Assistance Act of 2000 -- Pub. L. 106-475 Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 3-01, VAOPGCPREC 3-01, 2001 PREC 4-01 Rating Disability Compensated Under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 As If Service Connected--38 C.F.R. §§ 3.322(a) and 4.22 Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 4-01, VAOPGCPREC 4-01, 2001 PREC 5-01 Application of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 to Claims Based on VA Failure to Diagnose Pre-Existing Condition Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 5-01, VAOPGCPREC 5-01, 2001 PREC 6-01 Availability of an Independent Living Housing Modification when Specially Adapted Housing (38 U.S.C. § 2101) and Home Improvement & Structural Alterations (38 U.S.C. 1717) have already been Provided Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 6-01, VAOPGCPREC 6-01, 2001 PREC 7-01 Effective Date of Reduction of VA Compensation When Veteran Is Receiving Military Retired or Retirement Pay Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 7-01, VAOPGCPREC 7-01, 2001 PREC 8-01 Meaning of “Injury” for Purposes of Active Service – 38 U.S.C. § 101(24) Citation: Vet.Aff.Op.Gen.Couns.Prec. 8-01, VAOPGCPREC 8-01, 2001 PREC 9-01 Correct Delimiting Date Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 9-01, VAOPGCPREC 9-01, 2001 PREC 10-01 Limitation on payment of compensation and pension benefits while a beneficiary is incarcerated pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §§ 5313 &1505 Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 10-01, VAOPGCPREC 10-01, 2001 PREC 11-01 Eligibility for a Headstone or Marker in Capital Crimes Cases Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 11-01, VAOPGCPREC 11-01, 2001 PREC 12-01 Roberson v. Principi, No. 00-7009, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11008 (Fed. Cir. May 29, 2001) Citation: Vet.Aff.Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 12-01, VAOPGCPREC 12-01, 2001 THIS OPINION WAS SUPERSEDED BY PREC 4-2004 (5/28/2004). PREC 13-01 Withholding of Identity of Informers and Investigators involved in Field Examinations Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 13-01, VAOPGCPREC 13-01, 2001 PREC 14-01 Return to the Board of Cases Remanded for Evidentiary Development --38 C.F.R. §§ 19.9, 19.31, 19.38 Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen. Couns. Prec. 14-01, VAOPGCPREC 14-01, 2001 CAUTION: However, see Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 327 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003), which invalidated VA regulations permitting the Board of Veterans' Appeals to consider evidence that was not already considered by the agency of original jurisdiction, without obtaining the appellant’s waiver of the right to initial consideration by the agency of original jurisdiction. BACK TO PRECEDENT OPINIONS | 2003 | 2002 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
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