SUPREME COURT DROPS EARTH-SHAKING 7-2 DECISION
In the case of Bufkin v. Collins, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that courts must give strong deference to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decisions unless a clear mistake is shown. This decision weakens the long-standing benefit-of-the-doubt rule, which previously allowed veterans to win close cases when evidence was evenly split. Veterans Joshua…