The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a recognized disability from a disease or injury incurred in the line of duty during his period of ACDUTRA, and thus there is no basic entitlement to pension benefits. As such, the claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits must be denied as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not have a recognized disability from a disease or injury incurred in the line of duty during his period of ACDUTRA, which is required for basic eligibility for veterans benefits during that period.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow disability, hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1416485
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