Sullivan v. McDonald’s Empirical Analysis
815 F.3d 786 · 2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 5103A · 38 U.S.C. § 7292
Relies on Russello v. United States · Brown v. Gardner · United States v. Williams · Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington · Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a claim for disability compensation, VA will make efforts to obtain the claimant's service medical records, if relevant to the claim; other relevant records pertaining to the claimant's active military, naval or air service that are held or maintained by a governmental entity; VA medical records or records of examination or treatment at non-VA facilities authorized by VA; and any other relevant records held by any Federal department or agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Wilkie“the statute permits the VA to provide additional assistance to claimants beyond that required by § 5103A, and the VA did so with respect to VA medical records when it promulgated § 3.159(c)(3).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Wilkie“VA medical records or records of examination or treatment at non-VA facilities authorized by VA,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Wilkie
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.