The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the appellant is not entitled to the proceeds of the veteran's National Service Life Insurance policy due to a lack of evidence showing the veteran intended to change the beneficiary designation.
The deciding factor: There was no clear indication from the veteran or any other disinterested party that he intended to change the beneficiary designation in favor of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0001992
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What this means for you
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