He appealed the decision, arguing that the rating should have been higher. In both cases, the Veterans Board of Appeals weighed the evidence, which, in Bufkin's case, conflicted, and in Thornton's ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected an argument by two veterans that the Department of Veterans Affairs had a duty to grant their claims for post-traumatic stress disorder when the ...

given the potential changes mandated by the eventual decision. At issue is how the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and other judicial review boards must interpret the "benefit of the ...