The Board found that the appellant's discharge from service was dishonorable due to homosexual acts, and thus is a bar to VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant engaged in homosexual acts during his military service which resulted in an undesirable discharge under other than honorable conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Homosexual acts
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0211707
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What this means for you
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