The Board has decided that the appellant's spouse does not have status as a veteran for VA purposes due to discharge under other than honorable conditions, and therefore denied the appeal for his period of active service from March 1965 to February 1968. The claim is being remanded for further action on her pension claim based on her husband's first period of service.
The deciding factor: The appellant’s spouse was discharged under other than honorable conditions due to AWOL and desertion, which constitutes a bar to VA benefits for that period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142281
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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