The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment of compensation for service-connected disability at more than the 10 percent rate while incarcerated, finding that his compensation was properly reduced to the 10 percent level due to incarceration.
The deciding factor: The reduction in compensation was proper under VA regulations and laws as the veteran was incarcerated for a felony committed after October 7, 1980.
- 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 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0022758
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What this means for you
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