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.
VA Disability Compensation: More than sixty days of post-conviction incarceration for a felony reduces a veteran's VA Disability Compensation entitlement for the remainder of the period of incarceration. 38 U.S.C. Â§ 5313(a)(1); 38 C.F.R. Â§ 3.665.