Springer v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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cited by 1 later decisions
July 2015
most recently cited
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Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1503 · 38 U.S.C. § 1521
Relies on Brown v. Gardner · Smith v. Derwinski · Martin v. Brown · Walker v. Brown
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“shall pay to each veteran of a period of war who meets the service requirements of this section . . . and who is permanently and totally disabled from non-service-connected disability not the result of the veteran's willful misconduct, pension at the rate prescribed by [statute].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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