Legal Opinion
Cushman v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 12, 2009No. 19-1917PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
This case involves an alleged violation of a veteran’s right to due process under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, where the medical record on which his service-connected disability claim was evaluated contained an improperly altered document. In contending that a veteran has a protected property interest requiring fair adjudication of his claim for disability benefits, the Appellant raises a constitutional issue of first impression for this court. For the reasons discussed below, we find that a veteran alleging a service-connected disability has a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by107 opinions
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