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Has the rate of backpay ever been challenged?
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Lemuel
Has anyone ever challenged the rate of Backpay? I received back pay at 100% TDIU after living in poverty on my in-laws for almost 40 years. When the Fifth was ratified, the U S was on the Gold Standard. When Section 4 of the Fourteenth was ratified we were still on the gold standard.
The argument would be that by paying veterans in cheaper prior year dollars the Government is taking property (gold equivalent or goods and services out of our shopping baskets) without just compensation, a right guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Sec. 4 (specifically to veterans) Amendments.
My 07/06/2020 award would be a good example. If paid in current dollars it would be over $300,000.00 more. Enough to have bought a house instead of living on the street in DC.
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They already account for CPI every year, and they pay based on what it would have been the year it was retroactively awarded. I don't think you are going to find traction with this argument. Sec 4 of
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