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The Board has determined that the appellant's other than honorable discharge from service is a bar to VA benefits based on his third period of enlistment, which occurred between August 1978 and September 1980.

The deciding factor: The appellant committed a serious offense (selling hashish) during his third period of service, which resulted in an OTH discharge due to willful and persistent misconduct. As this period is dishonorable for VA purposes, the character of discharge bars him from receiving VA benefits based on injuries or diseases incurred during this time.

Claimed conditions
Right shoulder injury
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
March 16, 2007
Citation
0708024

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