Decision 23053
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While it is not necessary for the claimant to give her explanation personally to the Board, the Board is entitled to give any such explanation greater weight if it is given to them directly by the claimant rather than filtered through the words of her lawyer.
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Decision 19425
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I reject counsel's argument that allegations in a letter supporting an umpire appeal become evidence of the facts because they are uncontradicted. The acceptable of such a novel and ingenious argument, whether tacitly or otherwise, would have startling and grave consequences.
