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The VA reduced the Veteran's disability compensation benefits for 53 days of drill pay in FY 2011, and this decision affirms that reduction.

The deciding factor: The RO made the adjustment most beneficial to the Veteran by reducing his VA compensation benefits for the period in question for FY 2011.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
February 14, 2019
Citation
19111947

Veterans Law Judge

S. L. Kennedy

Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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