Anyone even contemplating representing themselves would be a fool not to read every word of this document from the Veterans Law Review. It has everything at your fingertips for arguing down VA’s “nexus” successfully. That VARO examiners/adjudicators regularly subvert the facts and the truth to arrive at erroneous decisions is not in contention. In addition, they are guilty of using the “absence of evidence is negative evidence” argument to our ultimate detriment. This article will show and provide you with good examples and legal cites for your arguments when it comes time to denigrate their faulty logic.

Lay Evidence Doctrine