The Board has granted the appellant an effective date of March 8, 1995 for death pension benefits. The decision is based on her submission of a Financial Status Report (FSR) dated March 8, 1995, which indicated unreimbursed medical expenses.
The deciding factor: The FSR submitted by the appellant's son constituted an informal claim for death pension benefits based on income adjusted for medical expenses.
- 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 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0015998
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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