West v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
September 2001
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1110 · 38 U.S.C. § 7251
Relies on Smith v. Brown · Hamilton v. Brown · Hamilton v. Brown · Bernard v. Brown · Sarmiento v. Brown
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A successful claimant has not had his case fully adjudicated until there is a decision as to all essential elements, i.e., status, disability, service connection, rating, and when in question, effective date.... The NOD as to that original adjudication initiated the appeal that ultimately required further adjudication. The fact remains that these further adjudications of the case are inextricably part of the case originally filed and are extensions of the appeal that was filed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Kirwin v. Brown“(1) the veteran's status, (2) existence of a disability, (3) service connection of that disability, (4) degree of disability, and, when in question, (5) effective date.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barrera v. Gober
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.