Santiago V. Brown (treatise)

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Santiago, No. 91-1036 11% : 91-1036 ACTIVITY: RATING NAME: Santiago v. Brown ISSUE(S): Medical opinions ACTION BY COURT: Remand DECISION DATE: 7/20/93 Significant Point(s): (1) The Board may not base its decisions on its own unsubstantiated medical conclusions; (2) In some cases, SMRs alone may constitute sufficient medical evidence upon which the Board may base a legal determination about the onset of a disorder; (3) Although a treatise may not properly form the sole basis for a decision of the Board, the BVA should http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/Cova/DADS/93DADS/SANTIAGO.DOC - 15k - April 28, 1999

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