Ellington v. Peake

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, when a separate rating has been assigned for a secondary disability and a notice of disagreement has not been filed, 38 C.F.R. § 3.310(a
• holding the interpretation of the contents of a claim for benefits is a factual issue
• affirming that primary and secondary service connection claims are distinct for effective-date purposes
• finding it “illogical” to award benefits on a certain date “when the evidence indicates that those conditions did not develop until some later date”
• finding the effective date provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.400 “consistent with 38 U.S.C. § 5110”
• finding the effective date provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.400 \consistent with 38 U.S.C. § 5110\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Richard S. Brokowski v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-06-08· cited 63×
• Lawrence Delisio v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2011-08-24· cited 51×
• Earlee King v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2010-05-28· cited 12×
• Manzanares v. Shulkin
  Federal Circuit· 2017-07-19· cited 9×
• Kernea v. Shinseki
  Federal Circuit· 2013-08-01· cited 8×
• Akers v. SHINSEKI
  Federal Circuit· 2012-03-23· cited 7×
• Adams v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-09-17· cited 7×
• John L. Frost v. David J. Shulkin
  Veterans Claims· 2017-11-30
• Herman O. Bailey v. Robert L. Wilkie
  Veterans Claims· 2021-01-06
• Gerry E. Gudinas v. Denis McDonough
  Veterans Claims· 2021-04-16
• Davis v. Collins
  Federal Circuit· 2026-05-19

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Howard F. Roberson, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2001-05-29· cited 213×
• James E. Szemraj, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2004-02-05· cited 133×
• Robert E. Moody, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2004-03-10· cited 77×
• Aracelis Rodriguez, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 1999-08-25· cited 72×
• Boggs v. Peake
  Federal Circuit· 2008-03-26· cited 51×
• Benny R. Roper v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-07-13· cited 48×
• Jordan v. Nicholson
  Federal Circuit· 2005-03-15· cited 30×
• Daniel C. Summers,claimant-Appellant v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2000-09-01· cited 29×
• Bonner v. Nicholson
  Federal Circuit· 2007-08-16· cited 23×
• Roper v. Nicholson
  Federal Circuit· 2007-09-07· cited 15×
• Thom as Ellington, Jr. v. R. Jam Es Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-07-25· cited 14×
• Elizabeth H. Bonner v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2005-06-17· cited 11×