Key legal question
Whether the appeal could seek reimbursement back to 1999 and reopening of final decisions
Extracted holding
The court held that only the 2005 decision on the renewed application was litigable; claims reaching back to 1999 and requests for reconsideration of final decisions were inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The prior 2004 refusal became final because no legal remedy was filed. A judicial appeal can challenge only the subject matter previously decided by a binding administrative decision; reconsideration is discretionary and not judicially enforceable.