Carolyn J. Patrick v. Eric K. Shinseki

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the government’s position at the litigation stage had “a reasonable basis in law and fact” because it “followed established [Veterans Court] precedent”
• concluding that the government’s position at the administrative stage had been substantially justified because it was supported by “then-existing precedent established by [the] VA and upheld by [the Veterans Court] concerning rebutting the presumption [of soundness] under section 1111”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).