The Board determined that the appellant's discharge from service was under other-than-honorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct, specifically drug abuse. As a result, his period of service is considered dishonorable for VA purposes and constitutes a bar to payment of VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant used drugs during service, which constituted willful and persistent misconduct resulting in an other-than-honorable discharge. The Board found that the mitigating factors provided by the appellant do not relieve him of responsibility for his actions.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0611803
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