Dean v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5103 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 5108 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Frankel v. Derwinski · Murphy v. Derwinski · Caluza v. Brown · Espiritu 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]efore the BVA relies, in rendering a decision on a claim, on any evidence developed or obtained by it subsequent to the issuance of the most recent [SOC] or [SSOC] with respect to such claim, the BVA must provide a claimant with reasonable notice of such evidence and of the reliance proposed to be placed on it and a reasonable opportunity for the claimant to respond to it. If, in the course of developing or obtaining or attempting to so develop or obtain such evidence, the BVA becomes aware of any evidence favorable to the claimant, it shall provide the claimant with reasonable notice of and a reasonable opportunity to respond to the favorable evidence, and shall in its decision provide reasons or bases for its findings with respect to that evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Velez v. West
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.