Fear of Reduction Wait Read This
I Knew I read it somewhere but it is better to let you read this than me telling you and then can't back it up. VA tried to reduce this veteran's claim while still in appeal status. It is called a "Mischaracterization of the Issue on Appeal." See AB v. Brown, 6 Vet.App. 35, 39-40 (1993). There are rules and laws to reduce a rating.
To hold otherwise would leave the door open for a possible "chilling effect" in the administrative appeal process, whereby veterans might be afraid to seek
I Knew I read it somewhere but it is better to let you read this than me telling you and then can't back it up. VA tried to reduce this veteran's claim while still in appeal status. It is called a "Mischaracterization of the Issue on Appeal." See AB v. Brown, 6 Vet.App. 35, 39-40 (1993). There are rules and laws to reduce a rating.
To hold otherwise would leave the door open for a possible "chilling effect" in the administrative appeal process, whereby veterans might be afraid to seek
