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evaluating the merits <strong>of</strong> medical reports, has repeatedly stressed certain concepts. For instance,<br />

the ECAB assigns greater value to a "well-reasoned" or "well-rationalized" opinion. It assigns<br />

greater value to a "comprehensive" report than to an incomplete report. It assigns greater value<br />

to an opinion that is "well-founded" or "non-equivocal" than to one that is "speculative" or<br />

"equivocal." It assigns greater value to an opinion "based on a complete factual and medical<br />

background" than to one based on an incomplete or inaccurate background. It assigns greater<br />

value, in general, to a report which reflects actual examination <strong>of</strong> the claimant by the physician<br />

than to one written without such examination.<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 323

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