Pamela J. Sharp 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.

• holding that the order in which a veteran was awarded benefits was not relevant to determining eligibility to additional dependency compensation
• rejecting VA interpretation of ambiguous language where the Secretary offered no support for his interpretation
• rejecting VA interpretation of ambiguous language where the Secretary offered no support for his interpretation
• \In the face of statutory ambiguity . . . the Court applies the rule that 'interpretative doubt is to be resolved in the veteran's favor.'\
• entitlement to additional compensation for dependents is premised on any rating decision establishing compensation at the qualifying level
• “Deference to the regulation that offers no additional clarity to the interpretive issue would be inappropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).