2024 term · Roberts Court · vote not recorded
Bufkin v. Collins
604 U.S. 369
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
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- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 23-713
- U.S. Reports
- 604 U.S. 369
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Clarence Thomas
Holding
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ determination that the evidence regarding a service-related disability claim is in “approximate balance” pursuant to the “benefit-of-the-doubt rule,” 38 U. S. C. §5107(b), is a predominantly factual determination reviewed only for clear error.
How the bench divided
No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.
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