This is an example of what happens when you have a Board hearing, the claim gets remanded and somehow you end up with another judge looking at stuff or doing a travel Board hearing at your RO. You end up with the evidence spread out over two VLJs. In order to adjudicate it properly, they have to revert to the old method and have a three judge panel to make it legal. Hence, we have the following decision with 3 VLJs. You don’t see this very frequently. It’s more common when filing a MFR over an old decision. Our friend loses here for a number of reason. His VSO just isn’t up to speed for this big a production. They rarely are. I am constantly amazed at how many arrive in D.C. with little or no preparation. The process is so basic Homer Simpson’s monkey (Mojo) could learn it. Why does it escape VSOs so frequently?

http://www.va.gov/vetapp11/Files1/1105512.txt