The Board found that the reduction from full-dollar rate to half-dollar rate for VA disability compensation benefits was proper and denied the appeal. An overpayment of compensation benefits as a result of the reduction in rates was also properly created.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's absence from the United States exceeded the required 183 days per year, leading to the reduction in compensation rates.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022268
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What this means for you
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