service-connected-disability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7787 Faith M. Hibbard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure claim-filing due-process procedural-law service-connected-disability standing statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the court erred in denying benefits based on a hypothetical-entitlement-theory
19-143 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5-usc-7701 administrative-appeal civil-rights due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board mspb-jurisdiction office-of-personnel-management preference-eligible-veteran service-connected-disability suitability-determination Whether the MSPB lacks jurisdiction over OPM's December 27, 2004 5 C.F.R. § 731 et seq. determination
18-519 Joseph A. Jennings, III v. Susan W. Jennings Ohio 2018-10-19 Denied agent-orange disability-compensation domestic-relations federal-law federal-preemption howell-v-howell preemption service-connected-disability spousal-support state-law veterans-benefits veterans-disability-benefits Whether veterans disability compensation may lawfully be included as a source of income in determining spousal support in a non-community property sta…
18-195 William S. Poff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 GVR exemption exemptions federal-seizure-law government-seizure incarceration-payments mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution restitution-enforcement seizure service-connected-disability statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation substantial-resources veterans-disability-benefits Whether veterans disability benefits paid to an incarcerated individual constitute 'substantial resources' that can be seized under the Mandatory Vict…