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Divorce rates reach 26-year low

August 30, 2008

Divorce rates in England and Wales are at their lowest for 26 years, official figures showed yesterday. Office for National Statistics research found the number of people getting divorced had fallen for the third year running, down from 12.2 divorces per 1,000 married men and women in 2006 to 11.9 in 2007.

While the figure is the lowest since 1981, the number of twice-married men and women divorcing in 2007 had doubled over nearly 30 years. In 1980 one in 10 men and women divorcing had been divorced before, while the figure for last year was one in five.

The research also showed more people aged 60 and over, and couples in their mid to late 40s, split up. In 2007 there were 2.3Citation Nr: 1528206	
Decision Date: 06/30/15    Archive Date: 07/09/15

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On appeal from the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas


THE ISSUE

Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II.


REPRESENTATION

Veteran represented by:	Texas Veterans Commission


WITNESSES AT HEARING ON APPEAL

Veteran and his spouse


ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

K. K. Buckley, Counsel


INTRODUCTION

The Veteran served on active duty from August 1976 to October 1998.

This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a June 2009 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Waco, Texas.

In January 2012, the Veteran presented sworn testimony during a personal hearing in Waco, Texas, which was chaired by the undersigned.  A transcript of the hearing has been associated with the Veteran's VA claims file.

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