The Board has found that the appellant's discharge from service was dishonorable due to misconduct and is therefore a bar to VA benefits. The case is being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The character of the appellant's discharge from military service constitutes a bar to the payment of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits due to willful misconduct.
- Claimed conditions
- misconduct
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0501027
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board found that the character of the Appellant's discharge was not dishonorable, thus not a bar to VA benefits. The issue is referred back for further adjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a procedural error in searching for mental health treatment records from the Appellant's assignment to the Corrective Custody Unit on the U.S.S. O'Bannon.
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