veterans-claims

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5983 Trevor Spencer Taylor v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law evidence-tampering fruit-of-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation veterans-claims Whether the CAVC and CAFC improperly dismissed allegations of evidence tampering and government misconduct in a veterans' disability claim
23-543 Solena Y. Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response Waived 38-usc-7104 38-usc-7292 administrative-law chenery-doctrine fact-finding implicit-denial judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-benefits veterans-affairs veterans-claims When the VA fails to adjudicate a claim for benefits, may a reviewing Court find that the VA meant to implicitly deny the claim, without running afoul…
23A343 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-17 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure agency-regulation notice-requirement statutory-interpretation veterans-claims veterans-disability-benefits Whether the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide individualized notice tailored to a veteran's specific claim, accounting for information previ…
21-1505 Mark H. Bonner v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response Waived article-i-court clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error collateral-estoppel equitable-jurisdiction equitable-remedy federal-circuit res-judicata veterans-claims Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has jurisdiction to decide a veteran's claim based on the equitable remedy of collateral estoppe…
20-7599 Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera…
20-726 In Re Stephanie Michael 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act forum-non-conveniens judicial-review mandamus qualified-immunity res-judicata va-benefits veterans-claims veterans-judicial-review-act Whether agency actions affecting the provision of VA benefits under applicable law may be reviewed by any other official or by any court of competent …
20-6091 Cherrie A. Hollie v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equitable-claims federal-circuit oral-argument standing veterans-claims Whether the Federal Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal and failing to address the petitioner's constitutional due process, equal prot…
19-5335 Patrick Brunette v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure disability-rating due-process effective-date lay-testimony material-evidence medical-evidence medical-records prescribed-bedrest reconsideration reopening-claims service-connected-disabilities veterans-affairs veterans-affairs-regulations veterans-claims Whether the VA incorrectly discharged its responsibilities under 38-C.F.R.-Section-3.156(c)
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…