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Vync 2,285
Did the VA make the same CUE twice? Please offer your opinion.
In my CUE, I asserted the VA failed to apply:
Here is the rating decision denying CUE:
The VA acknowledges that a loud click was heard and painful motion started at 29 mm (falls in the criteria for a 20% rating)
Again, the VA failed to apply:
Do you agree that the VA again failed to apply these laws?
Should I have been granted a 20% rating?
I wanted to ask about something else I am considering adding. In Nov 1997, I had a C&P exam which was lost, but I later found it in my claims file. It is never mentioned - ever. What's great is in the second C&P exam, the doctor stated material from the first exam was "misplaced".
Key factors:
1. C&P examiner stated (in exam #2) that this material from exam #1 was misplaced (that's a CUE just by itself)
2. Dictionary definition of "midway" is "halfway"
3. Simple math: 35 mm divided by .5 (half) is 17.5 mm.
4. The DeLuca factors would confirm limited motion began at 17.5 mm.
Would a reasonable person to come to the conclusion that limited motion began at 17.5 mm?
Or would this be considered weighing of the evidence? I tend to disagree because this evidence was never weighed by the VA. Also, my interpretation uses objective facts (35 mm, midway meaning halfway, and common math). There is no attempt to weigh evidence.
Thoughts?
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