McCay v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1116 · 38 U.S.C. § 1154 · 38 U.S.C. § 503 · 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 · Suttmann v. Brown · Douglas v. Derwinski · Proscelle v. Derwinski · Darrow 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Subject to the provisions of section 5101 of this title, where compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension is awarded or increased pursuant to any Act or administrative issue, the effective date of such award or increase shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found but shall not be earlier than the effective date of the Act or administrative issue. In no event shall such award or increase be retroactive for more than one year from the date of application therefor or the date of administrative determination of entitlement, whichever is earlier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCay v. Brown“extensive excision of the entirety of the soft tissue of his right cheek, medial nose, as well as the majority of his right lower eyelid and right upper lip with soft tissue reconstruction on June 17, 1987. Because of the amount of resection required for the treatment of this soft tissue sarcoma, the patient has been left with significant deformity and disability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCay 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.