Kightly v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
June 1997
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5108 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Colvin v. Derwinski · Manio v. Derwinski · Masors v. Derwinski · Jones 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court emphasized that its application of the presumption [of credibility] to the medical statement at issue did not constitute an endorsement of “either the weight or the credibility” of the statement, and that the determination of the weight and credibility of the evidence “is a question of fact for the Board to decide upon reopening and readjudication with a statement of reasons or bases for its findings. See Gilbert [supra]."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilkinson v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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