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Patrick v. Shinseki

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case in which a widow of a deceased veteran had prevailed on a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation from the Department of Veterans...

In the Matter of Robert Walsh

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division affirming the denial of appellant's application for line-of-duty accidental disability...

West Virginia CWP Fund v. Stacy

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to an administrative order conferring benefits on a surviving spouse under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), as amended by the...

Meyer v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from an order denying a request for review of an administrative law judge's (ALJ) denial of Social Security disability insurance...

County of Kern v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court affirming an administrative decision in a claim for worker's compensation, judgment is affirmed where...

Taylor v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming defendant's decision denying appellant's Title II application for disability insurance...

B&G Construction Co., Inc. v. Director, OWCP

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a petition for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board reversing an administrative denial of a claim for survivor's benefits under the...

Carrillo-Yeras v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming the administrative denial of plaintiff's applications for disability insurance benefits...

Bond v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
In an appeal from a judgment affirming an administrative denial of appellant's claim to veterans' entitlement to an earlier effective date for a...

Bledsoe v. Merits Systems Protection Board

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the Merits Board dismissing petitioner's appeal that the Postal Services wrongly denied her restoration...