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Ghanim v. Colvin

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Judgment affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s denial of an application for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income is...

Johnson v. McDonald

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying claimant's request for referral for extra-schedular consideration of his...

Cherry v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's decision changing the manner in which annual increases to pension benefits are calculated, which...

Martin v. McDonald

Government Benefits, Health Law
The denial of claimant's application for educational assistance benefits by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is vacated and remanded, where:...

Taransky v. Secretary of the US Department of Heath and Human Services

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, a Medicare beneficiary, is required to reimburse the Government for conditional medical expenses that it advanced on her behalf under the...

Moore v. DOJ

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Benefits, Government Contracts
In an action seeking survivors' benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act, brought by petitioners, survivors of eight firefighters who...

Rusick v. Gibson

Government Benefits
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims properly upheld a ruling of the Board of Veterans' Appeals that denied claimant's claim for...

Robertson v. Gibson

Government Benefits, Military Law
The Department of Veterans affairs properly denied veterans' benefits to claimant, who was dishonorably discharged but later received a presidential...

Erickson v. USPS

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
Petitioner's application for attorney fees in connection with his two appeals to this court regarding his claims under the Uniformed Services...

Rodriguez v. City of Santa Cruz

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court erred in denying plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate challenging defendant-city's denial of his application for industrial...