The Board denied eligibility for interment in a VA national cemetery due to the decedent's dishonorable character of discharge, which is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits including interment.
The deciding factor: The decedent was discharged under conditions other than honorable and had no evidence of any diagnosed mental disease at the time of his court-martial.
- 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
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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