Ramey v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 1110 · 38 U.S.C. § 1112 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Gilbert 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) [a] veteran was exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in ... the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, from September 1945 until July 1946 ...; (ii) [t]he veteran subsequently developed a radiogenic disease; and (iii) [s]uch disease first became manifest within the period specified in paragraph (b)(5) of this section [for colon and skin cancer, “5 years or more after exposure”];”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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