Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's service discharge character is no longer a bar to receiving VA benefits, and thus grants their claim.
The deciding factor: The ABCMR upgraded the appellant’s discharge from 'under other than honorable conditions' to 'general - under honorable conditions', which removes the prior statutory or regulatory bar to benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187856
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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