The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as VA was required to recoup his separation benefits from his disability compensation, and this was done correctly according to law.
The deciding factor: The decision is bound by the law passed by Congress which requires the recoupment of an amount equivalent to the Veteran’s SSB from his VA disability compensation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of back strain with degenerative changes, gastritis, esophagitis and duodenitis, plantar wart, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19153761
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,738 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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