Wanless v. Shinseki

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• affirming the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’ decision maintaining plaintiff’s reduction in disability benefits due to his status as an incarcerated felon
• explaining that “[a]bsent a constitutional is- sue . . . we lack the jurisdiction to ‘review’” either “‘a chal- lenge to a factual determination, or . . . a challenge to a law or regulation as applied to the facts of a particular case’” (quoting 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2))
• Secretary's interpretation of statutory language is entitled to deference \only in so far as it has the 'power to persuade'\ (quoting Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134, 140 (1944))
• applying this principle in the statutory interpretation context

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