Don’t tell me there is no such thing as luck. Read this piece of work. The VA examiner made the mistake of not slamming the door in the Veteran’s face with one of those “It’s at least as not likely as not least likely that the Veteran’s hepatitis is related to his service”. Dumbo left that box blank. The VLJ simply said Vet wins because VA didn’t say that that he loses(benefit of the DOUBT and the Vet’s best friend). This is not typical of decisions. Of course, that Army Commendation Medal went a long way in the Vet’s favor. Americans will only allow you to abuse Vets just so much. VA knows this. With that said,you, as a Vet would hope you were assigned this Examiner and this Judge. It’s a perfect recipe for a win. As I also mentioned, it’s an aberration. Too bad we all don’t get this treatment.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp08/Files4/0826063.txt