8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 145 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Tucker v. West.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tucker v. West Anchor | green | “where the board has incorrectly applied the law, failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its determinations, or where the record is otherwise inadequate” | 42 |
| 2 | Fletcher v. Derwinski | green | “a remand is meant to entail a critical examination of the justification for the board's decision,” | 26 |
| 3 | Alfonso Medrano v. R. James Nicholson | green | “the court is not permitted to reverse findings of fact favorable to a claimant made by the board pursuant to its statutory authority.” | 17 |
| 4 | Hersey v. Derwinski | green | “a factual finding 'is "clearly erroneous” | 16 |
| 5 | Jeffrey T. Petitti v. Robert A. McDonald | green | “regulatory interpretation begins with the language of the regulation, the plain meaning of which is derived from its text and its structure.” | 14 |
| 6 | Hersey v. Derwinski | green | “when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” | 14 |
| 7 | Tucker v. West | green | “where the board has incorrectly applied the law” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.