June 15, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a veteran could not seek retroactive benefits after his claim was denied by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs despite an underlying regulation that was later invalidated as an incorrect application of the law.
April 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and a veteran whose benefits were denied under a now invalidated regulation clashed at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday over whether that denial was a "clear and unmistakable error" that can be retroactively addressed.
April 15, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its final oral argument session of the term this week with technical legal questions facing nuclear cleanup workers and a veteran pursuing disability claims, as well as a circuit split over whether cops can be sued for not reading suspects their Miranda rights.
April 08, 2022
A veteran urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a decades-old benefits claim, saying Friday the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had clearly misstepped when it denied those benefits based on an illegal policy and hadn't just been following orders.
March 08, 2022
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to "enforce the separation of powers" and reject a circuit court ruling that effectively ceded legislative power to a federal agency by conflating the agency's regulation with the underlying statute that gave rise to it.
February 28, 2022
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' use of a later-invalidated regulation to deny his disability benefits claim was necessarily a "clear and unmistakable error."
January 14, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take a case over whether a veteran could challenge as "clear and unmistakable error" the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' denial of his benefits claim based on a later-invalidated regulatory interpretation.