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Benefits Adjudication Process
Articles on Veterans Law
Robert N. Davis, Veterans Fighting Wars at Home and Abroad, 45 Tex. Tech
L. Rev. 389 (2013)
James D. Ridgway, Recovering an Institutional Memory: The Origins of the
Modern Veterans’ Benefits System from 1914 to 1958, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 1
(2013) [available here]
Eric C. Yarnell, Medals of Dishonor?: Military, Free Speech and the Stolen
Valor Act, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 56 (2013) [available here]
Michael P. Allen, Commentary on Three Cases from the Federal Circuit and
the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as We Approach Twenty-Five
Years of Judicial Review of Veterans’ Benefits, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 136 (2013)
[available here]
Corey L. Bosely and Bradley W. Hennings, A Proposed Approach to the BVA’
s Clarified Hearing Duties to Explain and Suggest Pursuant to Bryant v.
Shinseki, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 164 (2013) [available here]
Bridgid Cleary and Michael Tooshi, Camp Lejeune Revisited: Strategies for
Implementing aProgram of Benefits for Veterans’ Dependents, 5 Veterans L
Rev. 201 (2013) [available here]
Daniel J. Riegel, Note, Closing the 90/10 Loophole in the Higher Education
Act: How to Stop Exploitation of Veterans, Protect American Taxpayers, and
Restore Market Incentives to the For-Profit College Industry, 81 Geo. Wash.
L. Rev. 259 (2013).
Michael D. Sant’Ambrogio & Adam S. Zimmerman, The Agency Class
Action, 112 Columbia L. Rev. 1992 (2012) [available here]
David Kimball Stephenson, Note, Economics and Austerity Relative to
Veterans' Claims and the Veterans Appeal Process, 211 Mil. L. Rev. 179
(2012)
Michael P. Allen, Due Process and the American Veteran: What the
Constitution Can Tell Us about the Veterans' Benefits System, 80 U. Cin. L.
Rev. 501 (2012) [available here]
Robert G. Moering, Military Service Records: Searching for the Truth, 4
Psych. Injury & L. 217 (2011).
Mark D. Worthen and Robert G. Moering, A Practical Guide to Conducting
VA Compensation and Pension Exams for PTSD and Other Mental Disorders,
4 Psych. Injury & L. 187 (2011).
James D. Ridgway, Mind Reading and the Art of Drafting Medical Opinions in
Veterans Benefits Claims, 5 Psych. Injury & L. 72 (2012).
Katherine Dubyak, Note, Close, But No Cigar: Recent Changes to the
Stressor Verification Process for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder and Why the System Remains Insufficient, 21 Fed. Circuit B.J. 655
(2012).
Paul R. Gugliuzza, Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction, 100 Geo. L.J. 1437
(2012) [download .pdf]
Madeline McGrane, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the Military: The Need
for Legislative Improvement of Mental Health Care for Veterans of Operation
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 24 J. L. & Health 183
(2010).
James D. Ridgway, Changing Voices in a Familiar Conversation about Rules
vs. Standards: Veterans Law at the Federal Circuit in 2011, 61 Am. U. L.
Rev. 1175 (2012) [download .pdf]
James D. Ridgway, Equitable Power in the Time of Budget Austerity: The
Problem of Judicial Remedies for Unconstitutional Delays in Claims
Processing by Federal Agencies, 64 Admin. L. Rev. 57 (2012) [download .
pdf]
Brianne Ogilvie and Emily Tamlyn, Coming Full Circle: How VBA Can
Complement Recent Changes in DOD and VHA Policy Regarding Military
Sexual Trauma, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 1 (2012) [download .pdf]
Jonathan Krisch, Judge, Jury and the Gate Keepter: vAdmitting and Weighing
Expert Testimony in Veterans' Claims Adjudication and the Federal Courts, 4
Veterans L. Rev. 41 (2012) [download .pdf]
Allison Lin, Warning: Don't Drink the Water : An Examination of Appropriate
Solutions for Veterans Exposed to Contaminated water at Marine Corps Base
Camp Le Jeune, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 85 (2012) [download .pdf]
Simone Coyle, Amy Ishizawar, and Holly Seesel, The Medical Examiner as
Factfinder: The Effect of the Lay Evidence Doctrine on VA's Duty to Assist
in Securing Medical Nexus Opinions, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 131 (2012)
[download .pdf]
Pamela Kravetz, Way Off Base: An Argument against Intimate Partner
Violence Cases in Veterans Treatment Courts, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 162 (2012)
[download .pdf]
Hillary Bunker, Shera Finn, and Chaz Lehman, Reforming the Equal Access to
Justice Act (EAJA) to Maximize Veterans' Receipt of Benefits and Increase
Efficiency of the Claims Process, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 206 (2012) [download .
pdf]
Meagan E. Fassinger, Note, Striking a Better Compromise: Suggested
Revisions to the Agent Orange Act of 1991, 21 Fed. Circuit B.J. 193 (2011).
Michael Serota & Michelle Singer, Veterans’ Benefits and Due Process, 90
Neb. L. Rev. 388 (2011).
Linda D. Jellum, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Reconciling Brown v.
Gardner's Presumption That Interpretive Doubt Be Resolved In Veterans'
Favor With Chevron, 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 59 (2011).
Stacy L.Z. Edwards, Note, The Department of Veterans Affairs' Entitlement
Complex: Attorney Fees and Administrative Offset after Astrue v. Ratliff, 63
Admin. L. Rev. 561 (2011).
Ben Kappelman, Note, When Rape Isn't Like Combat: The Disparity Between
Benefits for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Combat Veterans and
Benefits for Victims of Military Sexual Assault, 44 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 545
(2011).
Bryan A. Liang & Mark S. Boyd, PTSD in Returning Wounded Warriors:
Ensuring Medically Appropriate Evaluation And Legal Representation Through
Legislative Reform, 22 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 177 (2011)
Linda D. Jellum, The Art of Statutory Interpretation: Identifying the
Interpretive Theory of the Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans' Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, 49 U. Louisville L. Rev. 59 (2010)
Paul R. Gugliuzza, Veterans Benefits in 2010: A New Dialogue Between the
Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, 60 Am. U. L. Rev. 1201 (2011)
Alexandra S. Haar, Note, Sweet Dreams Aren't Made Of These: How The
Va's Disability Compensation Program Leaves Veterans Alone In The
Nightmare Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 969 (2011)
Lindsay I. McCarl, Note, The Case for Concurrent Veterans Benefits:
Duplicative but not Duplicitous, 20 Fed. Cir. B.J. 409 (2011)
Michael P. Allen, The Law of Veteran's Benefits 2008-2010: Significant
Developments, Trends, and A Glimpse into the Future, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 1
(2011) [download .pdf]
Linda D. Jellum, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Has
It Mastered Chevron’s Step Zero, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 67 (2011) [download .
pdf]
James D. Ridgway, The Splendid Isolation Revisited: Lessons from the
History of Veterans’ Benefits Before Judicial Review, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 135
(2011) [download .pdf]
Emily Woodward Deutsch & Robert James Burriesci, Due Process in the
Wake of Cushman v. Shinseki: The Inconsistency of Extending a
Constitutionally Protected Property Interest to Applicants for Veterans’
Benefits, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 220 (2011) [download .pdf]
Lee Will Berry IV, Note, Standards of the Standards of Review, 3 Veterans L.
Rev. 263 (2011) [download .pdf]
Terrance T. Griffin & Thomas D. Jones, Note, The Veterans Claims
Assistance Act of 2000: Ten Years Later, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 284 (2011)
[download .pdf]
Craig M. Kabatchnick, Obstacles Faced by the Elderly Veteran in the VA
Claims Adjudication Process, 12 Marquette Elder's Advisor L.J. 185 (2011)
Rory E. Riley, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify — An Analysis of Two Decades
of Judicial Review in the Veterans' Benefits Adjudication System, 113 W. Va.
L. Rev. 67 (2010) [download .pdf]
James D. Ridgway, The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act Twenty Years Later:
Confronting the New Complexities of Veterans Benefits System, 66 NYU
Ann. Surv. Am. Law 251 (2010) [download .pdf]
Contessa M. Wilson , Note, Saving Money, Not Lives: Why The VA's Claims
Adjudication System Denies Due Process To Veterans with Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and How the VA Can Avoid Judicial Intervention, 7 Ind.
Health L. Rev. 157 (2010)
Mark Duggan, et al., Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment:
Evidence for the Veterans Affairs' Disability Compensation Program, 53 J.
Law & Econ. 379 (2010)
Christopher Weiser, Guaranteeing Health Benefits for America's Wounded
Soldier: Closing the Pre-Existing Personality Disorder Loophole, 20 Fed.
Circuit B.J. 101 (2010)
F. Don Nidiffer & Spencer Leach, To Hell and Back: Evolution of Combat-
Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 29 Dev. Mental Health L. 1 (2010)
Victoria L. Collier & Drew Early, Cracks in the Armor: Due Process,
Attorney's Fees, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, 18 Elder L.J. 1
(2010)
Miguel F. Eaton et al., A Review of Recent Decisions of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Ten Federal Circuit Cases from
2009 that Veterans Benefits Attorneys Should Know, 59 Am. U. L. Rev. 1155
(2010).
Michael Waterstone, Returning Veterans and Disability Law, 85 Notre Dame
L. Rev. 1081 (2010)
Jacob B. Natwick, Note, Unreasonable Delay at the VA: Why Federal District
Courts Should Intervene and Remedy Five-Year Delays in Veterans’ Mental-
Health Benefits Appeals, 95 Iowa L. Rev. 723 (2010)
Benjamin W. Wright, The Potential Repercussions of Denying Disabled
Veterans the Freedom to Hire an Attorney, 19 Fed. Cir. B.J. 433 (2009)
Sara Fargnoli, Rebecca Feinberg, and Adriane Turnipseed, Note, Trend
Toward Equality? A Comparative Analysis of the Treatment of Noncitizen
Veterans in the Administration of Post-Service Benefits, 2 Veterans L. Rev.
261 (2010) [available here]
Nathaniel Doan and Barbara C. Morton, Note, A New Era for Establishing
Service Connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Proposed
Amendment to the Stressor Verification Requirement, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 249
(2010) [available here]
Bradley A. Fink, Presume Too Much: An Examination of How the Proposed
COMBAT PTSD Act Would Alter the Presumption of a Traumatic Stressor's
Occurrence for Veterans, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 221 (2010) [available here]
Katherine Kiemle Buckley and Bridgid Cleary, The Restoration and
Modernization of Education Benefits Under the Post-9/11 Veterans Assistance
Act of 2008, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 185 (2010) [available here]
John Fussell and Jonathan Hager, The Evolution of the Pending Claim
Doctrine, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 145 (2010) [available here]
Emily Woodward Deutsch and Terrence T. Griffin, Parsing the paperless
Push: A Study of the Latest Efforts to Automate the Veterans' Claims
Process, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 117 (2010) [available here]
Rory E. Riley, The Importance of Preserving the Pro-Claimant Policy
Underlying the Veterans' Benefits Scheme: A Comparative Analysis of the
Administrative Structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs Disability
Benefits System, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 77 (2010) [available here]
Marcy W. Kreindler and Sarah B. Richmond, Expedited Claims Adjudication
Initiative (ECA): A Balancing Act Between Efficiency and Protecting Due
Process Rights of Claimants, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 55 (2010) [available here]
James G. Reinhart, The Rule of Prejudicial Error and 38 U.S.C. §5103(a):
What Led to the United States Supreme Court Decision in Shinseki v. Sanders
and the Need for a Clear Standard of Prejudice, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 1 (2010)
[available here]
Thomas J. Reed, Parallel Lines Never Meet: Why the Military Disability
Retirement and Veterans Affairs Department Claim Adjudication Systems are
a Failure, 19 Widener L.J. 57 (2009)
Craig M. Kabatchnick, The TBI Impact: The Truth about Traumatic Brain
Injuries and Their Indeterminate Effects on Elderly, Minority, and Female
Veterans of All Wars, 11 Marquette Elder's Advisor L.J. 81 (2009)
Jennifer C. Schingle, A Disparate Impact on Female Veterans: The
Unintended Consequences of Veterans Regulations Governing the Burdens of
Proof for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Due to Combat and Military Sexual
Trauma, 16 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 155 (2009)
Alyson Sincavage, Note, The War Comes Home: How Congress' Failure to
Address Veterans' Mental Health has Led to Violence in America, 33 Nova L.
Rev. 481 (2009)
Kristi A. Estrada, Note, Welcome Home: Our Nation's Shameful History of
Caring for Combat Veterans and How Expanding Presumptions For Service
Connection Can Help, 26 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 113 (2009) [download Word
copy here]
William L. Pine & William F. Russo, Making Veterans Benefits Clear: VA's
Regulation Rewrite Project, 61 Admin. L. Rev. 407 (2009)
James D. Ridgway, Lessons the Veterans System Must Learn on Gathering
Expert Witness Evidence, 18 Fed. Cir. B.J. 405 (2009) [available here]
Alison Atwater, Note, When is a Combat Veteran a Combat Veteran?: The
Evidentiary Stumbling Block for Veterans Seeking PTSD Disability Benefits,
41 Ariz. St. L.J. 243 (2009)
Michael P. Allen, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims at
Twenty: A Proposal for a Legislative Commission to Consider Its Future, 58
Cath. U. L. Rev. 361 (2009) [available here]
Phyllis L. Childers, VA Disability Appeals & 38 U.S.C. § 7105: Is the One
Year Timeframe for the Filing of a Notice of Disagreement Excessive?, 1
Veterans L. Rev. 242 (2009) [available here]
Jonathan Hager, VA’s Duty to Assist Incarcerated Veterans, 1 Veterans L.
Rev. 231 (2009) [available here]
Timothy J. McDonald, Reforming VA’s Medication Copayment Statute, 1
Veterans L. Rev. 222 (2009) [available here]
Jeffery Parker, Two Perspectives on Legal Authority Within the Department
of Veterans Affairs Adjudication, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 208 (2009) [available
here]
Emily Woodward Deutsch & Michael Donohue, The Role of the New Media
in the Veterans Benefits Arena, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 183 (2009) [available here]
James P. Terry, Gulf War Syndrome: Addressing Undiagnosed Illness from
the First War with Iraq, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 167 (2009) [available here]
James D. Ridgway, Why So Many Remands?: A Comparative Analysis of
Appellate Review by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,
1 Veterans L. Rev. 113 (2009) [available here]
Daniel Brook, Motrya Mac & Nathaniel Doan, Federal Jurisprudence
Regarding VA's Duty to Provide a Medical Examination: Preserving the
Uniquely Pro-Claimant Nature of VA’s Adjudicatory System While Providing
Timely Decisions, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 69 (2009) [available here]
Shera Finn, Thomas Jones, & Barbara C. Morton, VA’s Duty to Assist in the
Context of PTSD Stressor Verification: What Must VA Do to Fulfill the
Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000?, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 50 (2009)
[available here]
Steven Reiss & Matthew Tenner, Effects of Representation by Attorneys in
Cases Before VA: The “New Paternalism,” 1 Veterans L. Rev. 2 (2009)
[available here]
Rory E. Riley, Preservation, Modification, or Transformation? The Current
State of the Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefits Adjudication
Process and Why Congress Should Modify, Rather than Maintain or
Completely Redesign, the Current System, 18 Fed. Cir. B.J. 1 (2008)
Scott Simonson, Note, Back from War — A Battle for Benefits: Reforming
VA’s Disability Rating System for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 1177 (2008) [available here]
Jeffrey E. Marion, Getting Paid for What You Do: How to Obtain Attorney’s
Fees in Veterans Cases, Winter 2008 AAJ-CLE 497 (2008)
Michael P. Allen, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Significant Developments (2004-2006) and What They Reveal About the U.S.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, 40 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 483 (2007) [available here]
Christopher Fugarino, Mandating Mediation for Cases Before the U.S. Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims Can Improve the Efficiency of the Court and
the Experience of the Parties, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 379 (2007)
Jonathan Creekmore Koltz, Note, Unstacking the Deck: In Defense of the
Veterans Benefits, Healthcare, and Information Technology Act of 2006, 17
Fed. Cir. B.J. 79 (2007)
C. Robert Luthman, Note, Conway v. Principi, Mayfield v. Nicholson, and
(Re?) Defining the Harmless Error Doctrine in Light of the Veterans Claims
Assistance Act of 2000, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 509 (2007)
David R. DiMatteo, Walters Revisited: Of Fairness, Due Process, and the
Future of Veterans’ Fight for the Right to Hire an Attorney, 80 Tul. L. Rev.
975 (2006)
John W. Egan, Note, The Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Constitutional Implications of Judicial Review: Veterans’ Due Process Right
to Hire Counsel, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 31 (2006)
David J. Lowenstein and Jack Achiezer Guggenheim, Vetting the Appellate
Standard of Review: What Was, What Is, and What Should be the Standard
of Review Employed by the United States Court of Appeal for Veterans
Claims, 27 Whittier L. Rev. 755 (2006)
Matthew J. Dowd, Note, No Claim Adjudication Without Representation: A
Criticism of 38 U.S.C. § 5904(c), 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 53 (2006)
William A. Moorman & William F. Russo, Serving our Veterans Through
Clearer Rules, 56 Admin. L. Rev. 207 (2004)
Sarah M. Haley, Note, Single-Judge Adjudication in the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims and the Devaluation of Stare Decisis, 56 Admin. L. Rev. 535
(2004)
William F. Fox, Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Veterans Benefits
System, 13 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 339 (2004) [available here]
Richard E. Levy, Of Two Minds: Charitable and Social Insurance Models in
the Veterans Benefits System, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 303 (2004)
[available here]
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Why Paternalism in Review of the Denial of Veterans
Benefits Claims is Detrimental to Claimants, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 285
(2004) [available here]
Ronald L. Smith, The Administration of Single Judge Decisional Authority by
the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub.
Pol’y 279 (2004) [available here]
Articles prior to 2004 are in the Article Index Archive
L. Rev. 389 (2013)
James D. Ridgway, Recovering an Institutional Memory: The Origins of the
Modern Veterans’ Benefits System from 1914 to 1958, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 1
(2013) [available here]
Eric C. Yarnell, Medals of Dishonor?: Military, Free Speech and the Stolen
Valor Act, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 56 (2013) [available here]
Michael P. Allen, Commentary on Three Cases from the Federal Circuit and
the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as We Approach Twenty-Five
Years of Judicial Review of Veterans’ Benefits, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 136 (2013)
[available here]
Corey L. Bosely and Bradley W. Hennings, A Proposed Approach to the BVA’
s Clarified Hearing Duties to Explain and Suggest Pursuant to Bryant v.
Shinseki, 5 Veterans L. Rev. 164 (2013) [available here]
Bridgid Cleary and Michael Tooshi, Camp Lejeune Revisited: Strategies for
Implementing aProgram of Benefits for Veterans’ Dependents, 5 Veterans L
Rev. 201 (2013) [available here]
Daniel J. Riegel, Note, Closing the 90/10 Loophole in the Higher Education
Act: How to Stop Exploitation of Veterans, Protect American Taxpayers, and
Restore Market Incentives to the For-Profit College Industry, 81 Geo. Wash.
L. Rev. 259 (2013).
Michael D. Sant’Ambrogio & Adam S. Zimmerman, The Agency Class
Action, 112 Columbia L. Rev. 1992 (2012) [available here]
David Kimball Stephenson, Note, Economics and Austerity Relative to
Veterans' Claims and the Veterans Appeal Process, 211 Mil. L. Rev. 179
(2012)
Michael P. Allen, Due Process and the American Veteran: What the
Constitution Can Tell Us about the Veterans' Benefits System, 80 U. Cin. L.
Rev. 501 (2012) [available here]
Robert G. Moering, Military Service Records: Searching for the Truth, 4
Psych. Injury & L. 217 (2011).
Mark D. Worthen and Robert G. Moering, A Practical Guide to Conducting
VA Compensation and Pension Exams for PTSD and Other Mental Disorders,
4 Psych. Injury & L. 187 (2011).
James D. Ridgway, Mind Reading and the Art of Drafting Medical Opinions in
Veterans Benefits Claims, 5 Psych. Injury & L. 72 (2012).
Katherine Dubyak, Note, Close, But No Cigar: Recent Changes to the
Stressor Verification Process for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder and Why the System Remains Insufficient, 21 Fed. Circuit B.J. 655
(2012).
Paul R. Gugliuzza, Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction, 100 Geo. L.J. 1437
(2012) [download .pdf]
Madeline McGrane, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the Military: The Need
for Legislative Improvement of Mental Health Care for Veterans of Operation
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 24 J. L. & Health 183
(2010).
James D. Ridgway, Changing Voices in a Familiar Conversation about Rules
vs. Standards: Veterans Law at the Federal Circuit in 2011, 61 Am. U. L.
Rev. 1175 (2012) [download .pdf]
James D. Ridgway, Equitable Power in the Time of Budget Austerity: The
Problem of Judicial Remedies for Unconstitutional Delays in Claims
Processing by Federal Agencies, 64 Admin. L. Rev. 57 (2012) [download .
pdf]
Brianne Ogilvie and Emily Tamlyn, Coming Full Circle: How VBA Can
Complement Recent Changes in DOD and VHA Policy Regarding Military
Sexual Trauma, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 1 (2012) [download .pdf]
Jonathan Krisch, Judge, Jury and the Gate Keepter: vAdmitting and Weighing
Expert Testimony in Veterans' Claims Adjudication and the Federal Courts, 4
Veterans L. Rev. 41 (2012) [download .pdf]
Allison Lin, Warning: Don't Drink the Water : An Examination of Appropriate
Solutions for Veterans Exposed to Contaminated water at Marine Corps Base
Camp Le Jeune, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 85 (2012) [download .pdf]
Simone Coyle, Amy Ishizawar, and Holly Seesel, The Medical Examiner as
Factfinder: The Effect of the Lay Evidence Doctrine on VA's Duty to Assist
in Securing Medical Nexus Opinions, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 131 (2012)
[download .pdf]
Pamela Kravetz, Way Off Base: An Argument against Intimate Partner
Violence Cases in Veterans Treatment Courts, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 162 (2012)
[download .pdf]
Hillary Bunker, Shera Finn, and Chaz Lehman, Reforming the Equal Access to
Justice Act (EAJA) to Maximize Veterans' Receipt of Benefits and Increase
Efficiency of the Claims Process, 4 Veterans L. Rev. 206 (2012) [download .
pdf]
Meagan E. Fassinger, Note, Striking a Better Compromise: Suggested
Revisions to the Agent Orange Act of 1991, 21 Fed. Circuit B.J. 193 (2011).
Michael Serota & Michelle Singer, Veterans’ Benefits and Due Process, 90
Neb. L. Rev. 388 (2011).
Linda D. Jellum, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Reconciling Brown v.
Gardner's Presumption That Interpretive Doubt Be Resolved In Veterans'
Favor With Chevron, 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 59 (2011).
Stacy L.Z. Edwards, Note, The Department of Veterans Affairs' Entitlement
Complex: Attorney Fees and Administrative Offset after Astrue v. Ratliff, 63
Admin. L. Rev. 561 (2011).
Ben Kappelman, Note, When Rape Isn't Like Combat: The Disparity Between
Benefits for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Combat Veterans and
Benefits for Victims of Military Sexual Assault, 44 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 545
(2011).
Bryan A. Liang & Mark S. Boyd, PTSD in Returning Wounded Warriors:
Ensuring Medically Appropriate Evaluation And Legal Representation Through
Legislative Reform, 22 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 177 (2011)
Linda D. Jellum, The Art of Statutory Interpretation: Identifying the
Interpretive Theory of the Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans' Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, 49 U. Louisville L. Rev. 59 (2010)
Paul R. Gugliuzza, Veterans Benefits in 2010: A New Dialogue Between the
Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, 60 Am. U. L. Rev. 1201 (2011)
Alexandra S. Haar, Note, Sweet Dreams Aren't Made Of These: How The
Va's Disability Compensation Program Leaves Veterans Alone In The
Nightmare Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 969 (2011)
Lindsay I. McCarl, Note, The Case for Concurrent Veterans Benefits:
Duplicative but not Duplicitous, 20 Fed. Cir. B.J. 409 (2011)
Michael P. Allen, The Law of Veteran's Benefits 2008-2010: Significant
Developments, Trends, and A Glimpse into the Future, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 1
(2011) [download .pdf]
Linda D. Jellum, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Has
It Mastered Chevron’s Step Zero, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 67 (2011) [download .
pdf]
James D. Ridgway, The Splendid Isolation Revisited: Lessons from the
History of Veterans’ Benefits Before Judicial Review, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 135
(2011) [download .pdf]
Emily Woodward Deutsch & Robert James Burriesci, Due Process in the
Wake of Cushman v. Shinseki: The Inconsistency of Extending a
Constitutionally Protected Property Interest to Applicants for Veterans’
Benefits, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 220 (2011) [download .pdf]
Lee Will Berry IV, Note, Standards of the Standards of Review, 3 Veterans L.
Rev. 263 (2011) [download .pdf]
Terrance T. Griffin & Thomas D. Jones, Note, The Veterans Claims
Assistance Act of 2000: Ten Years Later, 3 Veterans L. Rev. 284 (2011)
[download .pdf]
Craig M. Kabatchnick, Obstacles Faced by the Elderly Veteran in the VA
Claims Adjudication Process, 12 Marquette Elder's Advisor L.J. 185 (2011)
Rory E. Riley, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify — An Analysis of Two Decades
of Judicial Review in the Veterans' Benefits Adjudication System, 113 W. Va.
L. Rev. 67 (2010) [download .pdf]
James D. Ridgway, The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act Twenty Years Later:
Confronting the New Complexities of Veterans Benefits System, 66 NYU
Ann. Surv. Am. Law 251 (2010) [download .pdf]
Contessa M. Wilson , Note, Saving Money, Not Lives: Why The VA's Claims
Adjudication System Denies Due Process To Veterans with Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and How the VA Can Avoid Judicial Intervention, 7 Ind.
Health L. Rev. 157 (2010)
Mark Duggan, et al., Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment:
Evidence for the Veterans Affairs' Disability Compensation Program, 53 J.
Law & Econ. 379 (2010)
Christopher Weiser, Guaranteeing Health Benefits for America's Wounded
Soldier: Closing the Pre-Existing Personality Disorder Loophole, 20 Fed.
Circuit B.J. 101 (2010)
F. Don Nidiffer & Spencer Leach, To Hell and Back: Evolution of Combat-
Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 29 Dev. Mental Health L. 1 (2010)
Victoria L. Collier & Drew Early, Cracks in the Armor: Due Process,
Attorney's Fees, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, 18 Elder L.J. 1
(2010)
Miguel F. Eaton et al., A Review of Recent Decisions of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Ten Federal Circuit Cases from
2009 that Veterans Benefits Attorneys Should Know, 59 Am. U. L. Rev. 1155
(2010).
Michael Waterstone, Returning Veterans and Disability Law, 85 Notre Dame
L. Rev. 1081 (2010)
Jacob B. Natwick, Note, Unreasonable Delay at the VA: Why Federal District
Courts Should Intervene and Remedy Five-Year Delays in Veterans’ Mental-
Health Benefits Appeals, 95 Iowa L. Rev. 723 (2010)
Benjamin W. Wright, The Potential Repercussions of Denying Disabled
Veterans the Freedom to Hire an Attorney, 19 Fed. Cir. B.J. 433 (2009)
Sara Fargnoli, Rebecca Feinberg, and Adriane Turnipseed, Note, Trend
Toward Equality? A Comparative Analysis of the Treatment of Noncitizen
Veterans in the Administration of Post-Service Benefits, 2 Veterans L. Rev.
261 (2010) [available here]
Nathaniel Doan and Barbara C. Morton, Note, A New Era for Establishing
Service Connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Proposed
Amendment to the Stressor Verification Requirement, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 249
(2010) [available here]
Bradley A. Fink, Presume Too Much: An Examination of How the Proposed
COMBAT PTSD Act Would Alter the Presumption of a Traumatic Stressor's
Occurrence for Veterans, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 221 (2010) [available here]
Katherine Kiemle Buckley and Bridgid Cleary, The Restoration and
Modernization of Education Benefits Under the Post-9/11 Veterans Assistance
Act of 2008, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 185 (2010) [available here]
John Fussell and Jonathan Hager, The Evolution of the Pending Claim
Doctrine, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 145 (2010) [available here]
Emily Woodward Deutsch and Terrence T. Griffin, Parsing the paperless
Push: A Study of the Latest Efforts to Automate the Veterans' Claims
Process, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 117 (2010) [available here]
Rory E. Riley, The Importance of Preserving the Pro-Claimant Policy
Underlying the Veterans' Benefits Scheme: A Comparative Analysis of the
Administrative Structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs Disability
Benefits System, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 77 (2010) [available here]
Marcy W. Kreindler and Sarah B. Richmond, Expedited Claims Adjudication
Initiative (ECA): A Balancing Act Between Efficiency and Protecting Due
Process Rights of Claimants, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 55 (2010) [available here]
James G. Reinhart, The Rule of Prejudicial Error and 38 U.S.C. §5103(a):
What Led to the United States Supreme Court Decision in Shinseki v. Sanders
and the Need for a Clear Standard of Prejudice, 2 Veterans L. Rev. 1 (2010)
[available here]
Thomas J. Reed, Parallel Lines Never Meet: Why the Military Disability
Retirement and Veterans Affairs Department Claim Adjudication Systems are
a Failure, 19 Widener L.J. 57 (2009)
Craig M. Kabatchnick, The TBI Impact: The Truth about Traumatic Brain
Injuries and Their Indeterminate Effects on Elderly, Minority, and Female
Veterans of All Wars, 11 Marquette Elder's Advisor L.J. 81 (2009)
Jennifer C. Schingle, A Disparate Impact on Female Veterans: The
Unintended Consequences of Veterans Regulations Governing the Burdens of
Proof for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Due to Combat and Military Sexual
Trauma, 16 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 155 (2009)
Alyson Sincavage, Note, The War Comes Home: How Congress' Failure to
Address Veterans' Mental Health has Led to Violence in America, 33 Nova L.
Rev. 481 (2009)
Kristi A. Estrada, Note, Welcome Home: Our Nation's Shameful History of
Caring for Combat Veterans and How Expanding Presumptions For Service
Connection Can Help, 26 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 113 (2009) [download Word
copy here]
William L. Pine & William F. Russo, Making Veterans Benefits Clear: VA's
Regulation Rewrite Project, 61 Admin. L. Rev. 407 (2009)
James D. Ridgway, Lessons the Veterans System Must Learn on Gathering
Expert Witness Evidence, 18 Fed. Cir. B.J. 405 (2009) [available here]
Alison Atwater, Note, When is a Combat Veteran a Combat Veteran?: The
Evidentiary Stumbling Block for Veterans Seeking PTSD Disability Benefits,
41 Ariz. St. L.J. 243 (2009)
Michael P. Allen, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims at
Twenty: A Proposal for a Legislative Commission to Consider Its Future, 58
Cath. U. L. Rev. 361 (2009) [available here]
Phyllis L. Childers, VA Disability Appeals & 38 U.S.C. § 7105: Is the One
Year Timeframe for the Filing of a Notice of Disagreement Excessive?, 1
Veterans L. Rev. 242 (2009) [available here]
Jonathan Hager, VA’s Duty to Assist Incarcerated Veterans, 1 Veterans L.
Rev. 231 (2009) [available here]
Timothy J. McDonald, Reforming VA’s Medication Copayment Statute, 1
Veterans L. Rev. 222 (2009) [available here]
Jeffery Parker, Two Perspectives on Legal Authority Within the Department
of Veterans Affairs Adjudication, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 208 (2009) [available
here]
Emily Woodward Deutsch & Michael Donohue, The Role of the New Media
in the Veterans Benefits Arena, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 183 (2009) [available here]
James P. Terry, Gulf War Syndrome: Addressing Undiagnosed Illness from
the First War with Iraq, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 167 (2009) [available here]
James D. Ridgway, Why So Many Remands?: A Comparative Analysis of
Appellate Review by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,
1 Veterans L. Rev. 113 (2009) [available here]
Daniel Brook, Motrya Mac & Nathaniel Doan, Federal Jurisprudence
Regarding VA's Duty to Provide a Medical Examination: Preserving the
Uniquely Pro-Claimant Nature of VA’s Adjudicatory System While Providing
Timely Decisions, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 69 (2009) [available here]
Shera Finn, Thomas Jones, & Barbara C. Morton, VA’s Duty to Assist in the
Context of PTSD Stressor Verification: What Must VA Do to Fulfill the
Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000?, 1 Veterans L. Rev. 50 (2009)
[available here]
Steven Reiss & Matthew Tenner, Effects of Representation by Attorneys in
Cases Before VA: The “New Paternalism,” 1 Veterans L. Rev. 2 (2009)
[available here]
Rory E. Riley, Preservation, Modification, or Transformation? The Current
State of the Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefits Adjudication
Process and Why Congress Should Modify, Rather than Maintain or
Completely Redesign, the Current System, 18 Fed. Cir. B.J. 1 (2008)
Scott Simonson, Note, Back from War — A Battle for Benefits: Reforming
VA’s Disability Rating System for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 1177 (2008) [available here]
Jeffrey E. Marion, Getting Paid for What You Do: How to Obtain Attorney’s
Fees in Veterans Cases, Winter 2008 AAJ-CLE 497 (2008)
Michael P. Allen, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Significant Developments (2004-2006) and What They Reveal About the U.S.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, 40 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 483 (2007) [available here]
Christopher Fugarino, Mandating Mediation for Cases Before the U.S. Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims Can Improve the Efficiency of the Court and
the Experience of the Parties, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 379 (2007)
Jonathan Creekmore Koltz, Note, Unstacking the Deck: In Defense of the
Veterans Benefits, Healthcare, and Information Technology Act of 2006, 17
Fed. Cir. B.J. 79 (2007)
C. Robert Luthman, Note, Conway v. Principi, Mayfield v. Nicholson, and
(Re?) Defining the Harmless Error Doctrine in Light of the Veterans Claims
Assistance Act of 2000, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 509 (2007)
David R. DiMatteo, Walters Revisited: Of Fairness, Due Process, and the
Future of Veterans’ Fight for the Right to Hire an Attorney, 80 Tul. L. Rev.
975 (2006)
John W. Egan, Note, The Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Constitutional Implications of Judicial Review: Veterans’ Due Process Right
to Hire Counsel, 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 31 (2006)
David J. Lowenstein and Jack Achiezer Guggenheim, Vetting the Appellate
Standard of Review: What Was, What Is, and What Should be the Standard
of Review Employed by the United States Court of Appeal for Veterans
Claims, 27 Whittier L. Rev. 755 (2006)
Matthew J. Dowd, Note, No Claim Adjudication Without Representation: A
Criticism of 38 U.S.C. § 5904(c), 16 Fed. Cir. B.J. 53 (2006)
William A. Moorman & William F. Russo, Serving our Veterans Through
Clearer Rules, 56 Admin. L. Rev. 207 (2004)
Sarah M. Haley, Note, Single-Judge Adjudication in the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims and the Devaluation of Stare Decisis, 56 Admin. L. Rev. 535
(2004)
William F. Fox, Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Veterans Benefits
System, 13 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 339 (2004) [available here]
Richard E. Levy, Of Two Minds: Charitable and Social Insurance Models in
the Veterans Benefits System, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 303 (2004)
[available here]
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Why Paternalism in Review of the Denial of Veterans
Benefits Claims is Detrimental to Claimants, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 285
(2004) [available here]
Ronald L. Smith, The Administration of Single Judge Decisional Authority by
the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 13 Kan. J. L. & Pub.
Pol’y 279 (2004) [available here]
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“The willingness
with which our
young people are
likely to serve in
any war, no matter
how justified, shall
be directly
proportional as to
how they perceive
veterans of earlier
wars were treated
and appreciated by
this country.”
George Washington
with which our
young people are
likely to serve in
any war, no matter
how justified, shall
be directly
proportional as to
how they perceive
veterans of earlier
wars were treated
and appreciated by
this country.”
George Washington
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