va_top_authorities
Most-cited VA legal authorities
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The legal authorities most frequently cited across the public Board of
Veterans' Appeals corpus (1.9 million decisions, 1992 to present, updated
nightly) — case law (e.g. Gilbert v. Derwinski for benefit-of-the-doubt,
DeLuca, Correia, Sharp), 38 C.F.R. regulations, or 38 U.S.C. statutes —
ranked by the number of DISTINCT decisions that cite them. Useful for
explaining which precedents actually carry VA appeals. The response carries
a 'basis' string saying exactly what was counted and over how many
decisions; read it before quoting a number. Aggregate data only — no PII.
Args:
kind: 'cases' (default), 'regulations', or 'statutes'.
condition: optional condition keyword (e.g. 'ptsd', 'tinnitus', 'back')
to rank authorities within that condition's decisions only.
limit: how many to return, 1-100 (default 25).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| kind | string | no | |
| condition | string | no | |
| limit | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"kind": {
"default": "cases",
"title": "Kind",
"type": "string"
},
"condition": {
"default": "",
"title": "Condition",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 25,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"title": "va_top_authoritiesArguments",
"type": "object"
}