Differential equation without analytic solution - comparative statics

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I am facing a differential equation - with boundary condition $v(T)$ given - without an analytic solution but still need to understand how the solution is affected by a change of the function's value.

$$ v(t) = v(T) - \int_t^T \dot{v}(s) ds $$

All I know is $\dot{v}(t)$ and $v(T)$. If I consider a change in a particular $v(s)$, I am interested in the effect on $v(t)$ for all $t<s$. If I am not mistaken this should be given by

$$ \frac{d v(t)}{d v(s)} = - \int_t^s \frac{d\dot{v}(\tau)}{dv(\tau)}\frac{dv(\tau)}{dv(s)} d\tau.$$

The first part under the integral $\frac{d\dot{v}(\tau)}{dv(\tau)}$, I can quantify. However, the second is then again the same as the left-hand side. Is there a way to simplify this or a result that may apply to this and help studying this change?

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Hint:

From the look of the equation, it tells us that

$$\int_t^s \dot{v}(s) ds$$

is an integral of acceleration that subracts from a given $v(T)$.