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... "The Federal Circuit erred by imposing undue requirements on Congress' ability to confer settlement authority and by disregarding the [combat-related special compensation] statute's plain text," wrote Justice Clarence Thomas in the opinion. ....

So, the Supreme Court has ruled that the administration's approach towards disability pay may not be correct?

OK, if I may ask... with all the problems that DOGE has claimed to resolve in the Veteran's Administration, how did this particular one seem to have fallen through the cracks.

Or, was DOGE all PR and no substance?