Blount v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
March 2021
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1318 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252
Relies on Rogozinski v. Derwinski · Bell v. Derwinski · Simington v. Brown · Hulsey v. Principi
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here “relevant” documents relating to an appellant’s claim were within the Secretary’s control (for example, records generated by VA or communications received by it) prior to the BVA decision on appeal and could reasonably have been expected to be part of the record before the Secretary and the Board, such documents are “in contemplation of law” constructively part of the record of those proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Goodwin v. West
How this case has been treated — in progress
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