The Board found that the appellant's character of discharge was under other than honorable conditions due to offenses involving moral turpitude, and thus denied VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant was convicted by a general court martial for possessing, failing to register, and transporting an unregistered pistol and committing a series of barrack larcenies involving four different victims. The Board found this conduct showed depravity of morality that rose to the level of moral turpitude.
- Claimed conditions
- moral turpitude, possession of an unregistered .38 caliber pistol, failing to register, transporting the weapon in a vehicle, committing a series of barracks larcenies involving four different victims
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142285
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