Stone v. Gober’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 2011
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1112 · 38 U.S.C. § 1310 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Epps v. West · 11 Vet. App. 268 - Stegall v. West · Epps v. Gober · Douglas 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have received a medical opinion from the Under Secretary [for Health], with which we agree, that advises it is unlikely that the veteran's carcinoma of the rectum and anal area resulted from his exposure to ionizing radiation in service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]here is no articulation of the Board's reasons for finding the [USB's] opinion convincing, but rather a mere restatement of [the USH's medical] opinion in conjunction with the denial of presumptive service connection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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