The Board has determined that Appellant's character of discharge from service is a bar to his receipt of VA benefits due to dishonorable conditions, as there is no evidence of insanity at the time of the offenses resulting in his bad conduct discharge.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that Appellant was not insane at any time during service and therefore his character of discharge remains a bar to his eligibility for VA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- immature personality disorder, reactive depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1708090
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