Social Security Court rules the 3-year statute of limitations for refund claims starts from the refund decision date, not payment suspension.

The Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding the start date for the three-year limitation period on refund claims. The appellant argued the period began when payments were suspended due to fraud, while the Court held it starts from the date of the binding refund decision. The Court reasoned that the statute of limitations is fundamentally about the impossibility of pursuing a claim due to the passage of time, linking the limitation period directly to the moment the authority formally demands the return of funds.