| 25-6675 |
Paul Wright v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2026-01-29 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law disability-claims judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-jurisdiction veterans-benefits |
Is an impacted veteran entitled to judicial review of a definitive
decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assert jurisdiction under
38 U.S… |
| 25A804 |
Duane A. Fairfax v. Tracey N. Martinez |
Virginia |
2026-01-12 |
Application |
|
contempt-enforcement federal-preemption spousal-support supremacy-clause va-disability veterans-benefits |
1. Whether the Supremacy Clause and 38 U.S.C. § 5301(a) prohibit a state court from enforcing spousal support through contempt, garnishment, or equiva… |
| 25-735 |
Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
congressional-acts constitutional-challenge district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction, recognized by this Court in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974), … |
| 25-609 |
Clinton Siples v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Pending |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
administrative-law agency-decision clear-unmistakable-error judicial-review legal-interpretation veterans-benefits |
In the uniquely pro-claimant veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise final agency decision is subject to revision if that de… |
| 25-6065 |
Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-delay due-process extraordinary-relief judicial-review mandamus-relief veterans-benefits |
1. Whether a catastrophically disabled veteran facing imminent, life threatening harm is entitled to mandamus relief under Martin v. O'Rourke when a g… |
| 25A502 |
Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-03 |
Application |
|
bill-of-attainder constitutional-challenge equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity veterans-benefits |
Whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act precludes federal district courts from hearing constitutional challenges to federal statutes governing veter… |
| 25A488 |
Philip J. Seiflein v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-10-29 |
Application |
|
disability-claims due-process mental-health pro-se va-proceedings veterans-benefits |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time for a pro se veteran to file a petition for certiorari challenging systemic due process fa… |
| 25-500 |
George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue |
Illinois |
2025-10-22 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay federal-preemption marital-settlement state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran… |
| 25-482 |
Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-10-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law compensation-benefits disability-claims pension-benefits va-regulations veterans-benefits |
Whether the VA must process a disability claim as a claim for both pension and compensation if the veteran has a possible entitlement to both benefits… |
| 25A392 |
Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-10-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error equitable-relief judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Whether 38 U.S.C. § 503 permits equitable relief for veterans when a VA Regional Office commits clear and unmistakable error in adjudicating a benefit… |
| 25A181 |
George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue |
Illinois |
2025-08-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-preemption marital-settlement military-disability state-court-enforcement supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Whether federal law preempts state court enforcement of a marital settlement agreement that requires a veteran to dispossess federally protected disab… |
| 25A149 |
Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law compensation-benefits pension-benefits statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-benefits |
Whether a VA regulation requiring the agency to award the greater benefit to veterans unless they specifically elect the lesser benefit creates a mand… |
| 25-5187 |
Shantell Lewis v. Hernan Castro, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-tribunal civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-immunity veterans-benefits |
Whether state judges have jurisdiction over veterans benefits and whether administrative tribunal judges can be held accountable for civil rights viol… |
| 24-1313 |
Jeremy N. Miller v. Casi A. Miller, et al. |
Tennessee |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure attorney-general-notice federal-preemption state-jurisdiction va-authority veterans-benefits |
Whether a state court can preclude a litigant from arguing federal law preemption on appeal due to failure to notify the state attorney general during… |
| 24-1160 |
William R. Lott v. Maria V. Lott |
Virginia |
2025-05-13 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay divorce-proceedings federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran… |
| 24-452 |
Louis Frantzis v. Todd B. Hunter, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law board-of-veterans-appeals credibility-determination due-process hearing-procedure veterans-benefits |
Whether a Board member who conducts a veterans benefits hearing must be the same Board member who makes the credibility determination in the claim |
| 24A195 |
Louis Frantzis v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-exhaustion administrative-law federal-circuit judicial-review time-extension veterans-benefits |
Whether a veteran can challenge a Department of Veterans Affairs benefits determination through a timely judicial appeal after exhausting administrati… |
| 23-999 |
Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko |
Virginia |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute? |
| 23A797 |
Marvin H. Johnson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
board-of-veterans-appeals disability-compensation effective-date jurisdiction pro-se veterans-benefits |
Whether the Veterans Court properly dismissed a pro se veteran's appeal for lack of jurisdiction when the appeal raised claims not previously presente… |
| 23-779 |
David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
accardi-doctrine administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit judicial-review notice-requirements statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Federal Circuit misinterpreted 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a)(1) to allow VA to issue evidentiary notice only before receiving a veteran's claim |
| 23-713 |
Joshua E. Bufkin v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
38-usc-7261 benefit-of-doubt benefit-of-the-doubt-rule claims-process federal-circuit judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits veterans-benefits-act-of-2002 veterans-court |
Must the Veterans Court ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(… |
| 23-667 |
Blair Coleman v. Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
10-usc-1210 administrative-law arbitrary-and-capricious disability-rating medical-examination military-procedure physical-disability-board-of-review temporary-disability-retired-list veterans-benefits veterans-disability |
Whether a veteran is entitled to a medical examination prior to removal from the Temporary Disability Retired List and reduction of disability rating |
| 23-605 |
Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin |
Nevada |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute? |
| 23A340 |
Joshua E. Bufkin v. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Department of Veteran Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
benefit-of-the-doubt-rule clearly-erroneous section-7261 service-connection standard-of-review veterans-benefits |
Whether 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1) requires the Veterans Court to conduct de novo review of the Board of Veterans Appeals' application of the benefit-of-t… |
| 23A339 |
Norman F. Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
38-USC-7261 benefit-of-the-doubt-rule de-novo-review PTSD-disability-rating standard-of-review veterans-benefits |
Whether 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1) requires the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to conduct de novo review of the Secretary of Veterans … |
| 23-380 |
Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-discretion agent-orange-act chicago-convention herbicide-exposure international-civil-aviation judicial-review procopio-v-wilkie service-connection veterans-benefits whether-a-proper-construction-of-the-bwn-act-warra whether-the-secretary-conducted-a-flawed-interpret |
Whether the Federal Circuit's Decision Warrants Certiorari |
| 23-178 |
Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad |
| 23-137 |
Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits |
When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant, was its intent clear that a substituted appellant co… |
| 22-1089 |
Ray James Foster v. Deborah Lynn Foster |
Michigan |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
|
38-usc-5301 collateral-estoppel disability-benefits disability-law federal-preemption judicial-convenience res-judicata state-court-doctrine veterans-benefits |
May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute? |
| 22-7324 |
Byron R. Fisher v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disability-claims due-process judicial-review military-service standing veterans-benefits |
Did the lower court violate the constitutional rights of an Iraq War Veteran (Petitioner) by not addressing the crimes committed by the Respondent? |
| 22-7302 |
Derek Skellchock v. Alora-Ann Volz |
Colorado |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
collateral-estoppel disability-compensation federal-preemption judicial-review res-judicata state-court-jurisdiction state-domestic-relations supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Where a state court can contradict a federal agency's final and conclusive decision on veterans' disability benefits |
| 22-888 |
James R. Rudisill v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-03-15 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure education-benefits montgomery-gi-bill post-9/11-gi-bill qualifying-service statutory-interpretation veterans veterans-benefits |
Whether a veteran with two distinct qualifying periods of service may receive education benefits under both the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills |
| 22-845 |
Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-03-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Whether the presumption of regularity violates due process |
| 22-6093 |
Steven L. London v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights cushman-v-shinseki disability-claims due-process government-liability property-rights retroactive-benefits statutory-deadline veterans-benefits |
Does Cushman's determination of the constitutional duty to protect a veteran's property rights apply to the six-year statutory deadline in 31 U.S.C. §… |
| 22-5798 |
Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. |
Texas |
2022-10-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
apportionment-claims disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption judicial-review military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction takings veterans-benefits |
Whether a state court can override a VA decision denying an apportionment of a veteran's disability benefits |
| 22-259 |
Lewis B. Jones v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
|
armed-forces claim-accrual disability-rating medical-technology military-service retirement-pay statute-of-limitations tucker-act veterans-benefits |
Whether a cause of action for retirement pay can accrue and for the statute of limitations to run before a service member receives a disability rating… |
| 22-5142 |
David Adeyi v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-delay civil-rights covid-19-disruption disability-compensation due-process federal-circuit judicial-review pandemic-disruption service-connected-injury veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Should veteran be allowed to move his case forward, after he filed late with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, due to the Covid-19 pa… |
| 21-1594 |
Preston L. Drane v. Stephania Drane |
Florida |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
|
disability-payments divorce-proceedings equitable-distribution expert-testimony military-benefits military-disability pension-division uniformed-services-former-spouses-protection-act uniformed-services-protection-act veterans-benefits |
Whether a court may disregard military documentation showing that a veteran's payments are for disability and instead rely on expert testimony to conc… |
| 21-1453 |
Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits |
Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their clai… |
| 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 |
| 21-7028 |
Fred Pride v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law due-process equal-protection informal-claim medical-record pro-se pro-se-veteran va-medical-records veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the VA failed to ensure due process and equal protection for a pro se veteran by not examining all claims found in the medical record |
| 21-972 |
Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-06 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (12) |
administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro… |
| 21-6596 |
Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause tenth-amendment veterans-benefits veterans-disability |
Whether the state court had jurisdiction over the federal claims |
| 21-6344 |
Joseph J. Snyder v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-regulation amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis department-of-veterans-affairs disability-benefits disability-compensation presumptive-service-connection regulatory-creation service-connection statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeded its statutory authority in promulgating 38 C.F.R. § 3.318, which provides veterans with presumptiv… |
| 21-6311 |
Curtis R. Gaylord v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law congressional-intent constitutional-rights discretionary-authority due-process fifth-amendment property-rights public-policy va-proceedings va-regulations veterans-benefits |
Are Veterans benefits a property right/interest protected under the United States Constitution, Fifth Amendment? |
| 21-465 |
James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Whether the term 'relevant official service department records' in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s 'reconsideration' provision encompasses all records that … |
| 21-432 |
Adolfo R. Arellano v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
38-usc-5110 disability-benefits disability-compensation equitable-tolling federal-circuit irwin-v-department-of-veterans-affairs judicial-review statutory-deadline veterans veterans-benefits |
Does Irwin's rebuttable presumption of equitable tolling apply to the one-year statutory deadline in 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) for seeking retroactive di… |
| 21-234 |
Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali… |
| 21-5195 |
M. T. Q. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Texas |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-benefits state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Whether state courts may order the inclusion of veterans' disability benefits as income for purposes of calculating child support obligations, despite… |
| 21-44 |
Kevin Lee Boutte v. Yvonne Renea Boutte |
Louisiana |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
|
disability-pay federal-preemption federal-statute military-benefits military-powers res-judicata supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-rights |
Does Congress' enumerated Military Powers exercised pursuant to the Supremacy Clause bar a state court from raising res-judicata to a post-judgment ch… |
| 20-1691 |
Paul E. Robinson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review veterans-benefits |
Did the court of appeals violate constitutional rights of the veteran? |
| 20-1532 |
Diana Garvey v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-05-04 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law agency-deference agency-regulation chevron-deference judicial-review plain-meaning statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits willful-misconduct |
Whether the Secretary's regulation redefines the statutory definition of 'veteran' in an impermissible manner |
| 20-1521 |
Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court |
Michigan |
2021-04-30 |
Denied |
|
child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Whether state courts may order the inclusion of a non-retired, disabled veteran's disability benefits as income for child support purposes |
| 20-1511 |
Dax Elliot Carpenter v. Julie Elizabeth Carpenter |
Michigan |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
|
child-support disability-benefits federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits veterans-benefits |
Congress's-military-powers-preempt-state-law-on-veterans-benefits |
| 20-1271 |
Daryl R. Blanton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
38-usc-5109a administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error due-process federal-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Is the Cook standard to establish CUE in a VA decision erroneously restrictive? |
| 20-1148 |
Robert M. Sellers v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
civil-rights claim-scope disability-compensation due-process pro-veteran-canon service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
When a veteran has submitted an application for disability benefits, does the veteran's claim encompass all reasonably identifiable conditions within … |
| 20-1139 |
Florence Jones v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-decision agency-decision-making circuit-split due-process federal-circuit judicial-review retrospective-elaboration veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
When a federal agency fails contemporaneously to explain its reasons for an action, must the retrospective elaboration be of a decisionmaker with auth… |
| 20-851 |
Roger Hawes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 commingled-funds disability-benefits due-process inmate-trust-fund preemption section-1983 section-5301 statutory-protection veterans-benefits |
Whether veterans' disability benefits deposited in an inmate trust fund account are protected from being used for a state-mandated medical co-payment … |
| 20-5659 |
Gabriel M. Robles v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication extraordinary-writ mandamus-petition standing veterans-benefits |
Question not identified |
| 20-267 |
Sean Braunstein v. Jericka Braunstein |
New Hampshire |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
child-support disability-benefits federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction military-compensation military-powers supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-judicial-review-act |
Where Congress's enumerated military powers preempt all state law concerning disposition of military benefits, and Congress has not affirmatively gran… |
| 20-5305 |
Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits |
Whether federal pension funds are exempt from child support garnishment |
| 19-8165 |
Tanya Winters v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, et al. |
Arizona |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-benefits medical-cannabis veterans-benefits |
Whether the government's denial of medical cannabis benefits to military veterans violates their constitutional rights |
| 19-7346 |
Peggy Jean Clark v. Department of the Army, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-action-review administrative-law benefits-revocation due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-review military-benefits procedural-error property-rights retroactive-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Whether the Appeals Court err in its judgment affirming the retroactive revocation of benefits on the premise that the initial determination granting … |
| 19-819 |
Alfred Procopio, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-procedure equal-access-to-justice equal-access-to-justice-act haas-v-peake judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation substantially-justified veterans-benefits |
Whether the 'substantially justified' standard under the Equal Access to Justice Act should be interpreted liberally in favor of veterans in benefits … |
| 19-801 |
Eddie N. Dela Cruz v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-12-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law eligibility-criteria federal-circuit filipino-veterans military-service pro-veteran-canon remedial-legislation service-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits wwii |
Whether the Federal Circuit has erred in its narrow construction of ARRA Section 1002—a remedial veteran's statute providing a benefit for Filipinos w… |
| 19-604 |
Ernest L. Francway, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law burden-of-proof department-of-veterans-affairs due-process federal-circuit judicial-presumption medical-examination medical-examiner medical-expertise presumption-of-competency pro-claimant va-medical-examiners veterans-benefits |
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the VA enjoys a presumption that its medical examiner is competent in every veterans-benefit case |
| 19-6494 |
Sandra J. Staten v. D.R. Horton Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights credit-opportunity-act discrimination due-process fair-housing-act housing-discrimination racial-discrimination veterans-benefits veterans-rights |
Whether due process was afforded to the Petitioner |
| 18-8953 |
Carol J. Morris v. Noel Francisco, Solicitor General of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction just-compensation standing statutory-interpretation takings veterans-benefits |
Whether the petitioner was denied just compensation pursuant to Title 38 USC § 1151 when the Department of Veterans Affairs statute (being challenged)… |
| 18-1319 |
Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims |
Whether the 120-day deadline for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims should be equitably tolled for a 100% disabled veteran una… |
| 18-8716 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
107th-congress congressional-act constitutional-provisions employment-rights federal-funding job-placement jurisdiction public-law public-law-107-288 state-obligations state-services statutory-provisions us-jobs-for-veterans-act veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-services |
What services are owed to all veterans by states that accept federal funding under the US Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107-288, 107th Congress)? |
| 18-7604 |
Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether privacy rights extend to a prisoner's military medical records |
| 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… |
| 18-448 |
Estate of Jerry West, Deceased v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1447 38-usc-511 administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction probate-exception remand subject-matter-jurisdiction veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Kentucky probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over the disability award under the 'probate exception' to federal-court jurisdiction, w… |
| 18-346 |
Estate of Jason Allen Smallwood v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction implied-contract implied-in-fact-contract jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar scheuer-v-rhodes sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-benefits |
whether-the-trial-court-properly-determined-the-estate's-complaint-must-fail |
| 18-15 |
James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (33) |
administrative-law agency-deference ambiguous-regulation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review regulatory-interpretation retroactive-benefits statutory-interpretation substantive-canons veterans-benefits |
Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock |