Stephens v. Principi’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
June 2015
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5102 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Hensley v. West · Butts v. Brown · Bernklau v. Principi · Dyment 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Federal Circuit held that the sections of the VCAA codified at 38 U.S.C. §§ 5102 , 5103, and 5103A, concerning notice and assistance to be provided to claimants by VA, are not retroactively applicable to proceedings that were complete before VA and were on appeal to this Court or the Federal Circuit when the VCAA was enacted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moran v. Principi“specifically labeled with the name of the veteran's diagnosed, service-connected condition . . . was not arbitrary or capricious, not an abuse of discretion, and was in accordance with law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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