Scott v. McDonald’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.3d 1375 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 7105 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7292
Relies on Hormel v. Helvering · United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · McCarthy v. Madigan · Sims v. Apfel · Hodge v. West
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Roberson , Robinson , and Comer thus require the Veterans Court to look at all of the evidence in the record to determine whether it supports related claims for service-connected disability even though the specific claim was not raised by the veteran.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Shea v. Wilkie“that all issues in the statement of the case are being appealed or by specifically identifying the issue being appealed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the interests of the individual weigh heavily against the institutional interests the doctrine exists to serve.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.