Statute treatment: 38 C.F.R. § 2.7

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 37 citation events across 22 distinct cases.

37citations total

22distinct interpreting cases

3distinct courts

4citations in last 5y

1992–2023year range

Top 14 leading cases

#1 Darrow v. Derwinski (1992) cavc 50 own cites 2× in case

#2 Herlehy v. Principi (2001) cavc 23 own cites 2× in case

#3 Harvey v. Brown (1994) cavc 49 own cites 1× in case

#4 Flash v. Brown (1995) cavc 34 own cites 1× in case

#5 Elizabeth H. Bonner v. R. James Nicholson (2005) cavc 11 own cites 2× in case

#6 Burris v. Wilkie (2018) cafc 31 own cites 1× in case

#7 Burris v. Principi (2001) cavc 13 own cites 1× in case

#8 Taylor v. McDonough (2021) cafc 4 own cites 2× in case

#9 Pappalardo v. Brown (1993) cavc 8 own cites 1× in case

#10 Carolyn K. Holle v. Robert A. McDonald (2016) cavc 8 own cites 1× in case

#11 Snyder v. West (1999) cavc 4 own cites 1× in case

#12 Brown v. Principi (2002) cavc 3 own cites 1× in case

#13 Denise Loreth v. Eric K. Shinseki (2009) cavc 2 own cites 1× in case

#14 Donovan v. West (1998) cavc 2 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.