Supreme Court of the United States
Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders
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- Opinion
- Filed
- April 21, 2009
- Case
- Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. In these two civil cases, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denied veterans’ claims for disability benefits. In both cases the VA erroneously failed to provide the veteran with a certain kind of statutorily required notice. See 38 U. S. C. § 5103(a). In both cases the VA argued that the error was harmles…
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