The Board found that the reduction of the veteran's VA disability compensation benefits to a 10 percent level, effective September 13, 1996, following his incarceration for a felony was proper.
The deciding factor: VA regulations mandate that veterans who are incarcerated in a penal institution for conviction of a felony shall not be paid compensation in excess of the amount payable for a disability evaluated as 10 percent disabling beginning on the 61st day of incarceration.
- 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 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0332580
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