38 C.F.R. § 4.10 — Statute Treatment

Statute treatment: 38 C.F.R. § 4.10

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 327 citation events across 270 distinct cases.
327citations total
270distinct interpreting cases
9distinct courts
26citations in last 5y
1991–2024year range
Top 20 leading cases
#1 Schafrath v. Derwinski (1991) cavc 767 own cites 2× in case
#2 Angel Vazquez -Flores v. James B. Peake (2008) cavc 44 own cites 6× in case
#3 Jimmy H. Floore v. Eric K. Shinseki (2013) cavc 41 own cites 6× in case
#4 DeLuca v. Brown (1995) cavc 398 own cites 2× in case
#5 Dwayne A. Moore v. R. James Nicholson (2007) cavc 53 own cites 4× in case
#6 Tyra K. Mitchell v. Eric K. Shinseki (2011) cavc 226 own cites 2× in case
#7 Miguel A. Camacho v. R. James Nicholson (2007) cavc 39 own cites 4× in case
#8 Saunders v. Wilkie (2018) cafc 131 own cites 2× in case
#9 Vazquez-Flores v. Shinseki (2009) cafc 100 own cites 2× in case
#10 Randy L. Pederson v. Robert A. McDonald (2015) cavc 94 own cites 2× in case
#11 Billy D. McCarroll v. Robert A. McDonald (2016) cavc 16 own cites 4× in case
#12 Joseph Martinak v. R. James Nicholson (2007) cavc 88 own cites 1× in case
#13 Brown v. Brown (1993) cavc 60 own cites 1× in case
#14 Goodman v. Shulkin (2017) cafc 55 own cites 1× in case
#15 Colayong v. West (1999) cavc 46 own cites 1× in case
#16 Mindenhall v. Brown (1994) cavc 44 own cites 1× in case
#17 Clyde McKinney, Jr. v. Robert A. McDonald (2016) cavc 12 own cites 2× in case
#18 Amberman v. Shinseki (2009) cafc 32 own cites 1× in case
#19 Otero-Castro v. Principi (2002) cavc 30 own cites 1× in case
#20 Douglas Bird v. Nancy A. Berryhill (2017) ca7 20 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.