SUPREME COURT DROPS EARTH -SHAKING 7-2 DECISION
Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder for Veterans to Win Benefit Claims In a 7-2 decision in Bufkin v. Collins, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts must defer to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unless there’s a clear and obvious error. This decision weakens the long-standing “benefit-of-the-doubt” rule that once gave veterans…