presumption-of-competency

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-604 Ernest L. Francway, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law burden-of-proof department-of-veterans-affairs due-process federal-circuit judicial-presumption medical-examination medical-examiner medical-expertise presumption-of-competency pro-claimant va-medical-examiners veterans-benefits Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the VA enjoys a presumption that its medical examiner is competent in every veterans-benefit case