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As to his private medical practice, all of petitioner’s
patients were elderly and indigent. Petitioner did not charge
for his services to them because his patients were all unable to
pay. There is no evidence in the record that any of these
patients had medical insurance or were covered by Medicare,
Medicaid, or any other form of public assistance. Petitioner
explained that this unusual situation came about from his days as
a private practitioner, before he began working at the V.A.
hospital. When he accepted his full-time job with the V.A., all
of his financially capable patients went to other doctors, and
his indigent patients had nowhere to go. Petitioner felt an
obligation to continue attending to their needs. However,
petitioner did not see any patients at his home. He attended to
them at either public clinics or other health/medical facilities.
It appears that petitioner was not allowed to see private
patients at the V.A. hospital. There is also no evidence that
petitioner offered consultation services at his home to attorneys
or other professionals about legal and medical issues. There is
no evidence that petitioner ever addressed any legal or medical
professional associations regarding his dual professions,
although petitioner indicated that he had addressed high school
groups about his two professions.
As to his law practice, petitioner’s legal clients were also
nonpaying. Virtually all of his work in that area involved
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