The Board denied the veteran's eligibility for nonservice-connected death pension benefits and his claim for accrued benefits due to lack of service-connected disabilities at the time of his death, and because he did not have a pending claim at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran had no service-connected disabilities at the time of his death and did not have any pending claims at the time of his death. The appellant's application for accrued benefits was submitted almost 20 years after the veteran's death, which exceeded the two-year limit.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0013909
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