The Board denied the appellant's claim for eligibility for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits as new and material evidence was not presented, and the appellant did not meet the qualifying service requirement for such benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant served in the Philippine Scouts from April 1946 to March 1949. Service before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines is not deemed to have been active military service for purposes of awarding nonservice-connected pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0331631
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