{"id":22670,"date":"2025-08-04T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22670"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:41:11","slug":"supreme-court-drops-earth-shaking-7-2-decision-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22670","title":{"rendered":"SUPREME COURT DROPS EARTH-SHAKING 7-2 DECISION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"232\">In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in <em data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"70\">Bufkin v. Collins<\/em> that courts must defer to the VA unless there\u2019s a clear error, weakening the long-standing \u201cbenefit-of-the-doubt\u201d rule that once favored veterans in close cases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"499\">The case centered on two veterans, Joshua Bufkin and Norman Thornton, who were denied PTSD benefits despite presenting substantial\u2014but not definitive\u2014evidence. 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