Crawford v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5101 · 38 U.S.C. § 5110 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Green v. Derwinski · Littke v. Derwinski · Wilson v. Derwinski · Wells 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n the instant case, there has not been a prior allowance or disallowance of a formal claim for compensation or pension. Therefore, the veteran's hospitalization report could not be accepted as an informal claim under 38 C.F.R. § 3.157.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. MacPhee v. Nicholson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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