Bufkin v. Collins

Bufkin v. Collins
Argued October 16, 2024
Decided March 5, 2025
Full case nameJoshua Bufkin and Norman Thornton v. Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docket no.23-713
Citations604 U.S. ____ (more)
ArgumentOral argument
DecisionOpinion
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett
DissentJackson, joined by Gorsuch
Laws applied
38 U.S.C. § 5107 and § 7261

Bufkin v. Collins, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), is a United States Supreme Court case on the standard of review for the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to apply in reviewing the Department of Veterans Affairs' application of the "benefit-of-the-doubt rule" favoring a veteran's claim to a service-related disability.