Browder v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
September 2005
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1153 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252
Relies on In re Sanford Fork & Tool Co. · Gilbert v. Derwinski · Colvin v. Derwinski · Fletcher v. Derwinski · Masors 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A preexisting injury or disease will be considered to have been aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, where there is an increase in disability during such service, unless there is a specific finding that the increase in disability is due to the natural progress of the disease.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Paulson v. Brown · Beverly 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.