Tucker v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Kay v. Principi (2002), 12 Vet. App. 145 - Hilkert v. West (1999)
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1114 · 38 U.S.C. § 5101 · 38 U.S.C. § 5110 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Gilbert v. Derwinski · Colvin v. Derwinski · Caluza v. Brown · Allday v. Brown
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the Board has incorrectly applied the law, failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its determinations, or where the record is otherwise inadequate, a remand is the appropriate remedy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be adequate to enable a claimant to understand the precise basis for the Board's decision, as well as to facilitate review in this Court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.