The Supreme Court recently issued its first decision of the Term in Arellano v. McDonough, affirming the Federal Circuit and holding that a statutory provision governing the effective date of a veterans’ benefits application is not subject to equitable tolling. So for our case of the week this week, we thought we’d highlight another veterans case from the Federal Circuit. The decision contains some interesting discussion of statutory interpretation methodology, so it may be useful for patent practitioners as well.
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