Shoemaker v. Derwinski’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
March 2006
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252
Relies on Camp v. Pitts · Gilbert v. Derwinski · Colvin 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the established policy of [the VA] that all veterans who are unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disabilities shall be rated totally disabled. Therefore, rating boards should submit to the Director [of the] Compensation and Pension Service, for extra-schedular consideration all cases of veterans who are unemployable by reason of service-connected disabilities, but who fail to meet the percentage standards set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cathell v. Brown
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.