The Board denied the veteran's claim for one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund due to a lack of qualifying service, as determined by the U.S. service department.
The deciding factor: The service department certified that the appellant did not have the type of service that would qualify him for payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1031956
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What this means for you
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