Supreme Court to Review Time Limit on Military Claim Payment (1)

The US Supreme Court will review whether the government need only pay six years of unpaid combat-related special compensation if a veteran files a claim.

A veteran can apply for retroactive combat-related compensation, but the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the Barring Act—31 U.S.C. §3702—imposes a six-year statute of limitations. The Supreme Court will decide whether the statute authorizing that compensation has a settlement mechanism that displaces the Barring Act.

Simon A. Soto, an Iraq War veteran, said that he met the criteria for compensation in 2008, but the Navy would only reimburse him ...