{"id":30359,"date":"2023-01-23T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/23\/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-ease-retroactive-benefits-rules-for-vets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:39:55","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-ease-retroactive-benefits-rules-for-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2023\/01\/23\/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-ease-retroactive-benefits-rules-for-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"No retroactive benefits for veterans past deadline, Supreme Court says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Supreme Court <\/a>on Monday unanimously rejected arguments by a disabled veteran<\/a> that he and other individuals who missed filing deadlines for disability benefits<\/a> should still be eligible for retroactive payouts if they could show compelling reasons for the late submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case \u2014 Arellano v. McDonough<\/a> \u2014 had been closely watched by veterans groups because of its potential to award tens of thousands of dollars to some veterans who failed to submit paperwork for military injuries within a year of separation from the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case, which has been debated in the federal court system for years, centered on Navy veteran Adolfo Arellano, who was seriously injured in an accident aboard an aircraft carrier in 1980. He was medically retired a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arellano suffered from bipolar schizoaffective disorder as a result, and spent years either living on the street or under the care of family members. When his father died in 2011, he applied for disability benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs and was granted a monthly support stipend because of his service-connected injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\t