William Shade v. Eric K. Shinseki

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the phrase “raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim” in applicable regulation as “enabling rather than precluding reopening”
• holding that there is a \low threshold\ for reopening
• noting that 38 U.S.C.A. § 5108 requires only new and material evidence to reopen
• the Board denying a request to 8 reopen a claim because a nexus opinion had not been provided
• medical evidence which indicates that a medical opinion is warranted is sufficient to reopen a claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lawrence Delisio v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2011-08-24· cited 51×
• Cook v. Snyder
  Veterans Claims· 2017-01-31· cited 20×
• Fred A. Mitchell v. Robert A. McDonald
  Veterans Claims· 2015-11-18· cited 3×
• Peggy L. Quattlebaum v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2012-01-05
• Warren B. Cook v. Robert D. Snyder
  Veterans Claims· 2017-01-31
• William Sheppard v. Denis McDonough
  Veterans Claims· 2021-03-15
• Alexander A. Medlin v. Douglas A. Collins
  Veterans Claims· 2026-04-06

Cites

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

• Kutscherousky v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-05-04· cited 2,049×
• Jandreau v. Nicholson
  Federal Circuit· 2007-07-03· cited 1,261×
• Caluza v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-04-12· cited 757×
• Davidson v. SHINSEKI
  Federal Circuit· 2009-09-14· cited 647×
• Colvin v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-03-08· cited 608×
• McLendon v. Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-08-07· cited 589×
• Donald Buchanan, Claimant-Appellant v. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2006-06-14· cited 513×
• Barney J. Stefl v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-03-27· cited 393×
• Lewis Hodge, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 1998-09-16· cited 275×
• Kay v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2002-12-19· cited 252×
• James R. Cook, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2003-02-03· cited 227×
• Savage v. Gober
  Veterans Claims· 1997-11-05· cited 136×
• Ardison v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1994-04-04· cited 115×
• Cox v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-05-12· cited 83×
• James P. G Utierrez v. Anthony J. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2004-12-23· cited 67×
• Elkins v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-02-17· cited 63×
• Struck v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1996-05-14· cited 49×
• Moray v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-06-11· cited 44×
• Winters v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-02-17· cited 35×
• Elmer Winters, Claimant-Appellant v. Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2000-07-26· cited 33×