Joshua E. Bufkin, Petitioner v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

This case concerns the standard of review the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims must use when examining whether the Department of Veterans Affairs properly applied the "benefit-of-the-doubt" rule to disability claims. The Supreme Court held that the VA's determination that evidence is in "approximate balance" is a factual finding subject to clear-error review, rather than a legal conclusion subject to de novo review.