{"id":130563,"date":"2025-06-16T14:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/16\/supreme-court-ruling-gives-extra-payouts-to-some-combat-wounded-vets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:59:25","slug":"supreme-court-ruling-gives-extra-payouts-to-some-combat-wounded-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2025\/06\/16\/supreme-court-ruling-gives-extra-payouts-to-some-combat-wounded-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court ruling gives extra payouts to some combat-wounded vets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thousands of disabled veterans could be eligible for additional retroactive combat-related special compensation<\/a> after the Supreme Court <\/a>unanimously ruled last week that federal officials had unfairly capped those payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from the National Veterans Legal Services Program<\/a>, which helped bring the legal suit, said more than 9,000 individuals nationwide could benefit from the ruling. In a statement, Executive Director Paul Wright said the move means that those veterans \u201cwill finally receive the full amount of the compensation they earned through their service and sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case \u2014 Soto v. United States \u2014 has been winding through the federal courts since 2017 and has been pending before the Supreme Court<\/a> since last fall. Arguments on the issue took place in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plaintiff, Marine Corps veteran Simon Soto, served for six years on active-duty including two tours. He suffered post-traumatic stress related to his work in the search and recovery of war casualties. <\/p>\n\n\n\t