McLendon v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Robinson v. Mansfield (2008), 22 Vet. App. 295 - Angel S. Nieves-Rodriguez v. James B. Peake (2008)
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. § 5103 · 38 U.S.C. § 5103A · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 5109B · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Forshey v. Principi · Espiritu v. Derwinski · Hensley v. West · Kay 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Indeed, in this instance, although the medical evidence was deemed insufficient to establish a nexus, that evidence, together with other evidence of record, may nevertheless be sufficient for the Board to conclude that it 'indicates' that Mr. McLendon's current disability 'may be associated' with . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he types of evidence that 'indicate' that a current disability 'may be associated with military service include, but are not limited to, medical evidence that suggests a nexus but is too equivocal or lacking in specificity to support a decision on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law”
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.