Colayong v. West

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that VA erred because the nature of its questions suggested an answer and impermissibly narrowed the examiner's field of inquiry
• holding that the RO's request to a VA medical examiner to \feel free to refute the private physician's report\ was fatally flawed and compromised the fairness of the adjudication process
• holding that VA's solicitation of a medical opinion from an orthopedic specialist suggesting that the specialist refute a private physician's report was improper and compromised the fairness of the adjudication process
• VA's instruction that an examiner was free to refute a positive linkage opinion compromised the fairness of the adjudication process

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Dennis M. Thun v. James B. Peake
  Veterans Claims· 2008-04-23· cited 534×
• Rick K. Kahana v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2011-06-15· cited 402×
• Frances D'Aries v. James B. Peake
  Veterans Claims· 2008-04-08· cited 358×
• Doucette v. Shulkin
  Veterans Claims· 2017-03-06· cited 168×
• Bowling v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2001-05-08· cited 127×
• Nathan Yancy v. Robert A. McDonald
  Veterans Claims· 2016-02-26· cited 89×
• Larry G. Tyrues v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-10-02· cited 64×
• Janssen v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2001-12-27· cited 37×
• Ellis C. Smith v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2005-04-05· cited 36×
• Vargas-Gonzalez v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2001-08-16· cited 35×
• Roberson v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2003-06-03· cited 28×
• And Alfred R. Young v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-05-11· cited 27×
• Wanner - Wright v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2003-02-12· cited 23×
• Brambley v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2003-02-27· cited 21×
• Cantrell v. Shulkin
  Veterans Claims· 2017-04-18· cited 21×
• Raymond E. Douglas v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-04-17· cited 20×
• Billy D. McCarroll v. Robert A. McDonald
  Veterans Claims· 2016-11-07· cited 16×
• Denver Sizemore v. Anthony J. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2004-09-03· cited 13×
• John M. Ferenc v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-05-12· cited 8×
• Keith A. Roberts v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2010-04-23· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Gilbert v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1990-10-12· cited 2,831×
• Kutscherousky v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-05-04· cited 2,049×
• Stegall v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1998-06-26· cited 1,367×
• Caluza v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-04-12· cited 757×
• DeLuca v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-09-22· cited 398×
• Allday v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-04-14· cited 363×
• Fletcher v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-07-16· cited 361×
• Gabrielson v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1994-09-20· cited 293×
• Green v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-01-18· cited 276×
• Lewis Hodge, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 1998-09-16· cited 275×
• Gonzales v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-03-14· cited 220×
• Esteban v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1994-02-25· cited 213×
• Thurber v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-05-14· cited 192×
• Bagwell v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1996-07-03· cited 182×
• Littke v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1990-12-06· cited 142×
• Hamilton v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-04-15· cited 134×
• Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W.
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-01-29· cited 118×
• Suttmann v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-05-18· cited 113×
• Shipwash v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-05-10· cited 106×
• Proscelle v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1992-07-24· cited 103×