No. 21-972October Term 2021Decided November 7, 2022Updated Nov 7, 2022
Buffington v. McDonough
This case is about a veteran whose disability compensation stopped when he returned to active duty and who later sought to restart those benefits after leaving service.
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Decided · November 7, 2022
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1. Whether the court of appeals correctly held that petitioner — a veteran who received disability-based compensation, who then returned to and subsequently was released from active duty, but who did not file a claim for recommencement of compensation until several years after his release — was entitled to renewed disability-based compensation with an effective date one year before his claim for recommencement. 2. Whether Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), should be overruled.
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Decided November 7, 2022
The Court released its decision on November 7, 2022 without hearing oral argument.
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