The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as VA correctly withheld disability compensation due to concurrent receipt of VA benefits and drill pay for training days in fiscal years 2011 and 2013.
The deciding factor: VA correctly found that the Veteran received training pay for 17 days in fiscal year 2011, 1 day in fiscal year 2012, and 37 days in fiscal year 2013, resulting in a total of 54 days. The Veteran waived his VA benefits for these days to retain his drill pay.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23048108
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