Ben Carson is many things–a neurosurgeon, a presidential candidate, a Christian, an author. But he isn’t a West Point graduate, and contrary to a passage in his memoir, he was never on track to be one.

After CNN reported Thursday that it couldn’t corroborate several stories featured in Carson’s memoir ‘Gifted Hands,’ the Notorious B.E.N. railed against the news outlet on Friday for calling him a “pathological liar.” The very same day, Carson’s campaign admitted that the surgeon-turned-politician had fabricated a key story in his book about receiving a full scholarship to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and meeting high-ranking military officials.

In ‘Gifted Hands,’ Carson describes earning a West Point scholarship after meeting General William “War is fear cloaked in courage” Westmoreland, a hero from the Vietnam war.

“Two soldiers who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Viet Nam were present,” Carson wrote. “More exciting to me, General William Westmoreland (very prominent in the Viet Nam war) attended with an impressive entourage. Afterward, Sgt. Hunt introduced me to General Westmoreland, and I had dinner with him and the Congressional Medal winners. Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point.”

That would be a really inspirational anecdote in Carson’s tale of childhood struggle, if it were true. Following CNN’s lead, Politico contacted the Army and West Point to confirm whether this event took place. Instead, it found that Carson had never applied to West Point, let alone earned a scholarship to the prestigious military academy.

“In 1969, those who would have completed the entire process would have received their acceptance letters from the Army Adjutant General,” said Theresa Brinkerhoff, a spokeswoman for the academy. She said West Point has no records that indicate Carson even began the application process. “If he chose to pursue (the application process) then we would have records indicating such,” she said.

When Politico reached out to Army, it dug through Westmoreland’s old itineraries and found no record that the described meeting between him and Carson ever took place.

According to records of Westmoreland’s schedule that were provided by the U.S. Army, the general did not visit Detroit around Memorial Day in 1969 or have dinner with Carson. In fact, the general’s records suggest he was in Washington that day and played tennis at 6:45 p.m.

The Carson campaign has since conceded that the original story was definitely embellished.

“He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors,” said Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett. “They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.”

Bennett also said that the meeting with Westmoreland happened, just not when Carson said it did.