Wood v. Derwinski

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 duty to assist is not always a one-way street and if a Veteran desires help with his claim he must cooperate with VA's efforts to assist him
• holding that VA's duty to assist is not a one way street and that if the Veteran wishes help he cannot passively wait for it in circumstances where his own actions are essential in obtaining putative evidence
• holding that the duty to assist is not a one-way street
• stating that Board’s assessment of credibility and weight to be given to evidence is finding of fact subject to “clearly erroneous” standard of review
• noting that VA's duty to assist veterans is not always a \one-way street\
• noting that “[t]he duty to assist is not always a one-way street”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dingess - Hartman v. Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-03-03· cited 738×
• Angel S. Nieves-Rodriguez v. James B. Peake
  Veterans Claims· 2008-12-01· cited 627×
• McLendon v. Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-08-07· cited 589×
• Barney J. Stefl v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-03-27· cited 393×
• Frances D'Aries v. James B. Peake
  Veterans Claims· 2008-04-08· cited 358×
• Ray A. Mc Clain v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-06-21· cited 278×
• JAMES A. W ASHINGTON v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2005-11-02· cited 240×
• Jerry G. Dalton v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-02-16· cited 178×
• Owens v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1995-03-14· cited 156×
• Hilkert v. West
  Veterans Claims· 1999-02-01· cited 137×
• Steven M. Romanowsky v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2013-07-10· cited 136×
• Wilson v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1992-07-22· cited 91×
• Simon v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1992-07-22· cited 80×
• Hayes v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-04-28· cited 79×
• Wensch v. Principi
  Veterans Claims· 2001-12-20· cited 70×
• Richard S. Brokowski v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-06-08· cited 63×
• Clarence W. Kowalski v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2005-06-08· cited 56×
• Swann v. Brown
  Veterans Claims· 1993-06-16· cited 56×
• Dwayne A. Moore v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2007-05-15· cited 53×
• Gobber v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1992-05-27· cited 48×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Shapiro v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 3,119×
• Gilbert v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1990-10-12· cited 2,831×
• Bolling v. Sharpe
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-17· cited 2,385×
• Reed v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-22· cited 1,968×
• Eisenstadt v. Baird
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-22· cited 1,851×
• Frontiero v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 1,487×
• Jackson v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 1,284×
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1920-06-07· cited 1,251×
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-23· cited 1,119×
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 871×
• James v. Strange
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 286×
• Schneider v. Rusk
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-18· cited 271×
• People v. Wood
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-12-19· cited 65×
• Aladdin's Castle, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. The City of Mesquite, Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-09-01· cited 16×

Other cases named Wood v. Derwinski

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Wood v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-07-23· cited 19×
• Wood v. Derwinski
  Veterans Claims· 1991-07-12· cited 14×