The Board denied the decedent's eligibility for interment in a VA national cemetery due to his dishonorable character of discharge, which is a bar to VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The decedent was discharged under conditions other than honorable and had multiple instances of misconduct during service, leading to a dishonorable discharge. There is no evidence of a mental disease at the time of offenses that led to his court-martial and bad conduct discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- mixed personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001762
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to support the claims.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a mixed personality disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than service-connected other specified anxiety disorder. The evidence does not support the presence of any additional psychiatric disorders superimposed over a personality disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for mixed personality disorder, but it is remanded to determine if a superimposed acquired psychiatric disability exists and whether it is related to service.
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