Whenever I read Matthiessen the naturalist, I am reminded of a film clip I once saw of him trying to catch a snake in the wild.
This webpage only addresses apportionment of incarcerated veterans' benefits, which is the VA's process of taking all or some of a veteran's benefits that would otherwise be reduced or suspended due to incarceration and instead paying those benefits to the veteran's eligible dependents based on their demonstrated financial need.
In that case, you can exclude military pay earned while you are hospitalized as a result of the wound, disease, or injury. Example. You were hospitalized for a specific disease 3 weeks after you left the combat zone. The incubation period of the disease is from 2 to 4 weeks.