Philbrick v. Derwinski’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1154 · 38 U.S.C. § 1310 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 5109 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7109 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Colvin v. Derwinski · Frankel v. Derwinski · Fletcher v. Derwinski · Murphy 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n my professional opinion, Mr. James J. Philbrick more probable [sic] than not suffered irreversible heart damage (myocardial fiber loss) as a prisoner of war. Undernutrition and starvation have been reported to be associated with marked reduction of heart size corresponding to the loss of body weight. Any gastrointestinal [or] hepatic diseases/dysfunction would accentuate the underlying protein and carbohydrate malnutrition, as well as vitamin deficiency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Philbrick v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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