White v. Derwinski’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
35
cited by 35 later decisions
February 2008
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 5108
Relies on Colvin v. Derwinski · Murphy v. Derwinski · Manio v. Derwinski · Karnas v. Derwinski · Moore v. Derwinski
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a duty to help the veteran obtain facts that might enable him to sustain his burden of proof or develop the facts of his claim, once [the veteran] has submitted a well-grounded claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Voracek v. Nicholson“[s]uch a claim need not be conclusive but only possible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hensley v. West
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.