Mealey's (August 16, 2018, 1:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The provision in the Veterans’ Judicial Review Act giving the secretary of Veterans Affairs the sole authority to decide questions of law relating to veterans’ benefits creates a jurisdictional bar that an Arizona Indian tribe cannot overcome in its quest for federal funding, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 15 (Gila River Indian Community, et al. v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al., No. 17-15629, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22633)....