Transcript: STANDARDS FOR ADJUDICATING VETERANS CLAIMS:TERESA L. WRIGHT

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Congressional Testimony
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July 16, 1998
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Statement of Teresa L. Wright MD Chief, Gastroenterology Section, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center Before the House Veterans'Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Benefits July 16, 1998

Mr. Chairman and Committee Members,

I am pleased to appear today to discuss the importance of Hepatitis C infection in the V.A. Healthcare system.

I am Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at the San Francisco VA and have been treating veterans at the liver clinic there for more than ten years. I am also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and currently hold research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the VA ...

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