HadIt.com Elder fanaticbooks Posted December 9, 2010 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 9, 2010 NOTE: VA Fast Letter 04-06.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 April 12, 2004 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices In Reply Refer To: 211A Fast Letter 04-06 SUBJ: Procedure for Manual Review of Claims Files to Award Earlier Effective Date Pursuant to Liesegang, et al. v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Background Information On December 10, 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the case of Liesegang et al. v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Court held that the correct effective date for the regulation adding type II diabetes to the herbicide presumptive list is May 8, 2001 instead of July 9, 2001. As a result of this decision, we issued an automatic one-time adjustment to 9,340 veterans granting an earlier payment date of June 1, 2001. For each adjusted case, a notice to the claimant, POA, and RO was issued. In order to comply with the decision in Liesegang, an additional 4,680 cases must be reviewed manually. This letter provides additional information and instructions for review of those claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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