medical-expertise

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1381 Enrique Vazquez-Quintana v. Jose Alberto Morales-Rodriguez, et al. First Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied civil-rights court-ruling democratic-system due-process expert-testimony free-speech medical-decision medical-expertise scientific-evidence standing 1. In a democratic system, can a court of any hierarchy issue a ruling regarding a consensual medical decision that dismisses, refutes, or ignores the…
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 Congress has established a veterans-benefits system that is uniquely pro-claimant. In veterans-benefit cases, every statutory and regulatory presumpti…