Perman v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
January 2011
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7251 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Fletcher v. Derwinski · Hamilton v. Brown · Tirpak v. Derwinski · Sklar v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
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“caused the balance of negative and positive evidence to weigh more heavily against” service connection. Id. at 241 . The Veterans Court vacated the Board’s decision. Significantly, it ruled that, in light of the positive evidence submitted by the veteran and the two medical opinions supporting service connection, it was unexplainable how one medical examiner’s inconclusive statement in isolation — a remark that was essentially”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fagan v. Shinseki
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