The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service is a bar to receiving VA benefits due to his multiple periods of unauthorized absence without leave (AWOL). The Board found no compelling circumstances warranting the prolonged absences and concluded that the appellant was not insane at the time he went AWOL.
The deciding factor: The character of the appellant's discharge under other than honorable conditions is a bar to VA benefits due to multiple periods of unauthorized absence without leave (AWOL) totaling over 2,200 days. The Board found no compelling circumstances warranting these absences and concluded that the appellant was not insane at the time he went AWOL.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0021531
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