The Board finds that the appellant does not have standing as a proper claimant to pursue claims of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death or to receive VA burial benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant is not a 'child' for VA benefits purposes, she is not the individual whose personal funds were used to pay for burial, funeral, and transportation expenses of the veteran, and she is not the executrix or administrator of the veteran's estate.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014774
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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