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            testimony is contradicted by statements that Dr. Moote made                                   
            earlier, on eight occasions from 1990 through 1992 in documents                               
            entitled “Attending Physician’s Statements”.  In those                                        
            statements, Dr. Moote gives the prognosis that petitioner is not                              
            totally disabled from performing work other than dentistry.  He                               
            states that petitioner is incapable of performing those duties of                             
            his job (dentistry) that required using his hands to grip or                                  
            required bending his wrists.  Dr. Moote has failed to convince us                             
            that petitioner is disabled beyond being disabled for the                                     
            practice of dentistry or occupations requiring similar motor                                  
            skills.  Moreover, petitioners have failed to convince us that,                               
            in November 1989, the Committee was in receipt of advice from                                 
            Dr. Moote that petitioner’s injuries precluded him from all                                   
            employment.                                                                                   
                  Dr. Cofield is the consulting psychologist who evaluated                                
            petitioner on January 11, 1988.  He found very significant                                    
            elevations on clinical scales measuring, among other things,                                  
            hypochondria, hysteria, and depression.  His evaluation states                                
            that, if petitioner’s condition were not checked, it could “lead                              
            to chronic unemployment and many unproductive years.”  Among                                  
            other things, Dr. Cofield suggested personal and vocational                                   
            counseling to assist petitioner in setting future goals and                                   
            making reasonable plans.  In his evaluation, Dr. Cofield did not                              







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