The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki. Veterans for Common Sense, and co-plaintiff Veterans United for Truth, asked the Court to order the Department of Veterans Affairs to reform the way it deals with disability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. In a suit filed in July 2007 a lower court ruled that the judicial branch does not have the authority to order the VA to provide timely medical care. Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki, Case # 08-16728, was heard by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at 9:30 a.m. PT on August 12, 2009, in San Francisco. The suit was first filed against Secretary Nicholson, the successively against Secretaries Peake and Shinseki.