The reduction of the Veteran's VA disability benefits to the 10 percent payment rate from March [redacted], 2010 through April [redacted], 2010 was not proper, and restoration of the benefits at the 70 percent rate is granted. The reduction of the Veteran's VA disability benefits to the 10 percent payment rate from April [redacted], 2010 through April [redacted], 2013 was proper.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the reduction should have been April [redacted], 2010, as opposed to March [redacted], 2010, due to the actual date of incarceration being February [redacted], 2010. The benefits were restored at the 70 percent rate from March [redacted], 2010 to April [redacted], 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2015
- Citation
- 1527733
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