The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was not due to insanity, and thus his character of service is not a bar to receiving VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of insanity during service, which is required for a dishonorable discharge to be considered non-barred.
- Claimed conditions
- Insanity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19194003
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failing to obtain a medical opinion regarding the appellant's mental condition at the time of his misconduct and not obtaining complete service records. The Board also noted that there was a recent change in law related to consideration of an appellant's mental or cognitive impairment at the time of the in-service misconduct.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was due to willful and persistent misconduct, but also found evidence of insanity at the time of his behavior. Therefore, the character of his discharge does not constitute a bar to VA benefits.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for further development regarding the Veteran's insanity during service and his character of discharge.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for further development and medical opinion regarding whether the appellant was insane at the time of his misconduct leading to his discharge.
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