The Veteran's service is not considered a qualifying period of war, and he did not meet the basic eligibility requirements for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not serve during a prescribed period of war and his service was not deemed to be due to a disability adjudged service-connected without presumptive provisions of law or at time of discharge had a service-connected disability shown by official service records, which in medical judgment, would have justified a discharge for disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180527
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What this means for you
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