Billy D. McCarroll v. Robert A. McDonald

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that even if hypertension is controlled by medication, a compensable evaluation is warranted only if there is a history of diastolic pressure predominantly 100
• relying on a veteran's pre-medication blood pressure readings to assess entitlement to compensation for hypertension
• A veteran whose blood pressure is currently controlled by medication is entitled to the minimum rating when he has a history of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more.
• because the hypertension DC lists “continuous medication for control” as a criterion in the 10% evaluation, the DC, when read as a whole, contemplates the effects of medication in assigning a disability evaluation
• regarding the ameliorative effect of medication

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Veterans Claims· 2021-12-20
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Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Dixon
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 2,221×
• Brown v. Gardner
  Supreme Court· 1994-12-12· cited 1,044×
• United States v. Menasche
  Supreme Court· 1955-04-04· cited 1,032×
• Moskal v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 742×
• Dingess - Hartman v. Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-03-03· cited 738×
• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 703×
• Colvin v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-03-08· cited 608×
• Dennis M. Thun v. James B. Peake
  Veterans Claims· 2008-04-23· cited 534×
• Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 532×
• Allday v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-04-14· cited 363×
• William A. Smith, Claimant-Appellee v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 231×
• Gardner v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-11-25· cited 212×
• Bethea v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1992-03-13· cited 166×
• Robinson v. Mansfield
  Veterans Claims· 2008-01-29· cited 166×
• Thun v. Shinseki
  Federal Circuit· 2009-07-17· cited 158×
• Robinson v. Shinseki
  Federal Circuit· 2009-02-25· cited 146×
• Hilkert v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-02-01· cited 137×
• Lawrence M. Tropf v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-08-24· cited 112×
• Randy L. Pederson v. Robert A. McDonald
  Veterans Claims· 2015-02-13· cited 95×
• Johnston v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1997-01-29· cited 95×