Arellano v. Mcdonough (598 U.S. 1)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 23, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 1 · 143 S. Ct. 543
- Decided
- January 23, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Barrett
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 598 U. S. Part 1 Pages 1–14 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT January 23, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AT OCTOBER TERM, 2022 ARELLANO v. McDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the federal circuit Page Proof No. 21–432. Pending Argued October Publication 4, 2022—Decided January 23, 2023 This case concerns the effective date of an award of disability compensa- tion to a veteran of the United States military. Approximately 30 years after Adolfo Arellano's honorable discharge from the Navy, Arellano ap- plied to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for disability compen- sation based on his psychiatric disorders. A VA regional offce granted Arellano service-connected disability benefts after fnding that his dis- orders resulted from trauma that he suffered while serving on an air- craft carrier. Applying the default rule in 38 U. S. C. § 5110 (a)(1), the VA assigned an effective date of June 3, 2011—the day that…
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