Legal Opinion
Recinto v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2013No. 11-16341PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a group of Filipino World War II veterans and their widows who did not receive payments under the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (“FVEC”), a fund established by statute in 2009 to give a one-time payment to each qualifying service member. These veterans and their widows either: (1) were ineligible for benefits under the statute; or (2) qualified for benefits, but were denied them because the Department of Veterans Affairs (‘VA”) could not verify military service. Plaintiffs contend that their Fifth Amendment rights to due process and…
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