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RUTHERFORD v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for Supplemental Security Income is affirmed where plaintiff was not disabled for purposes of the Social Security...

TAYLOR v. BARNHART

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Immigration Law, International Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed where plaintiff failed to provide documentary evidence establishing...

HAUCK v. NICHOLSON

Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for service connection for loss of vision is affirmed where there is no clear and unmistakable error in the decision.

PORTLAND ADVENTIST MED. CTR. v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Medicare's Disproportionate Share Hospital statute is unambiguous and requires reimbursement to plaintiff-hospitals for services rendered to the...

GOAD v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In case where the district court failed to adequately afford plaintiff the opportunity to explain his reasons for withdrawing a prior claim for social...

SLATER HEALTH CTR. v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
A government adjustment for a Medicare overpayment constitutes a recoupment, and not a setoff, and therefore, such an adjustment is permissible and...

MAPU v. NICHOLSON

Government Benefits, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's appeal, alleging that he was improperly denied veterans' benefits, is affirmed where his notice of appeal was not received...

CHUNN v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Denial of plaintiff's claim for disability insurance benefits is reversed where the administrative law judge's findings are not supported by the...

RANEY v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of supplemental security income benefits is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the administrative law judge erred in 1)improperly rejecting...

LARAMORE v. RITCHIE REALTY MGMT. CO.

Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law
The rental of residential property is not a credit transaction covered by the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.